Started off as a very mediocre ODI bowler, but off-late whenever he has got a chance he has done well, has kept things tight and has started to mix his pace and lengths quite well, which was something he wasn't good at doing before, still he is not among Australia top 5 ODI quicks yet though.
Yes he is. This is his recent form since McGrath retired:
A lot of that's down to his domination of Bangladesh though, in fairness.
If you take them out his economy rate is still lower then Lee, Bracken and Johnson for the period and his average is better than Lee's and Bracken's. I don't really care about the stats though and I was against Clark being included in the side when he first made the big scene in Tests, but he's improved heaps and should certainly be there and doesn't deserve to be pigeonholed as a Test only bowler anymore.
Yeah, agree with that, if he was fit I'd have him in the side. I just thought the stats were a touch misleading.
Stats wise you can say that, and agreed that Clark has improved a lot since he played ODI cricket first up, but still the likes of Lee, Bracken, Tait, Johnson,etc are all better equipped bowlers than him in ODI cricket.
Personally i don't think etc is a better bowler than him. Whoever that is.
Likes of Hilfenhaus, Geeves, Siddle and Bollinger fall in that category, and imo they are all potentially better ODI bowlers than Clark.
Potentially perhaps, but not currently IMO.
Seems like a good move, but who gets dropped? The obvious one seems like White, but he's played pretty well in the last couple of games.
Indeed. Using Hopes, Dussey & Clarke (Or, dare I say it, White & Mussey) as your 4th and 5th bowling options is just asking for trouble. I actually thought Australia got away with it fairly well yesterday, however I don't see that happening on a regular basis, should the team continue to be structured that way.
I care about winning all the time tbh.
Find it hard to get too excited about ODIs anymore - obviously if I'm watching the match I'll be barracking for Australia, and will be excited if its a good match. There are simply too many ODIs to actually care about the results of each of them anymore. And the last three World Cups have shown the value of being prepared to endure a bit of short term pain in order to get your ducks in a row for the big tournaments.
This is why a Test championship tournament would be the worst idea ever.
Agreed
