Please doI think the OP wanted to talk non-doosra bowling finger spinners, hence left out Harby deliberately.
Lol at the underrating of Hauritz in this thread. Someone said there are three better spinners in Australia - name them please.
I'm not saying he's better than Swann or Harris, although I think he outbowled Swann in the Ashes. But to say that he's not deserving of comparison to them, or is clearly massively inferior is wrong imo.
And Aussie somehow got confused on the point of whether Hauritz deserved his spot ahead of the potential fourth specialist quick in the Australian team with the question of how he compares to Harris and Swann
I love this post, although FYI, apparently Haurie had a little choke on the eve of the Oval Test, something he hasn't exactly denied.We'll never really know, tbh. Leaving out the specialist tweaker for The Oval was one of the larger selectorial bollocks that've been dropped of late. Would've been nice to see how Haurie went under the shadow of the old gasworks, but it wasn't to be. As (IIRC) North took 4 wickets with his serviceable part-time stuff I think it's fair to assume Hauritz had his moment stolen from him.
In Swann's defence, whilst he was mostly disappointing with the ball in the summer, on the decks that offered him a little (The Oval & 2nd dig at Lords) he conjoured up match-turning spells.
It's nice to see three classic finger-spinners, none of whom possess a throwsra, doing decent jobs for their sides tho. 18 months ago the conventional wisdom seemed to be that all orth(o)dox twirlers needed a wrong 'un to prosper.
The other conventional offie I had high hopes for was Ramesh Powar. Could watch him bowl all day; absolutely beautiful action. Seems to have disappeared off the radar a bit of late tho. Shame, cricket needs its lardos, IMHO.
See Mendis, gone off the boil and lost his accuracy.He was dangerous when he started out, he was so unorthadox that people struggled to play him (without bursting into laughter). But once he was found out, he was pretty ordinary and became hopeless.
Typical English 'Fletcher' like thinkingWould pick Swann for his batting tbh
Bowling tripe currentlyWould take Mishra myself.
HAHAHAIt all depends. I am not trying to say that Swann takes bunches whilst the others don't. They do too. I just mean Swann is a tad more likelier to make that happen because he is riskier. On the other hand, he can also be shellacked on his day and whether he establishes a good balance is yet to be seen. I personally don't think there is much of a difference between the 3. Also, I can't stand his ugly-****-eating-grin face.
He does have an affable personality to back it up, though. Not like Harris who looks like he preys on high school girls. Or Hauritz who looks like a high school boy who is jealous that people like Harris get with girls his age.
Haurie looks more like prey, tbh.
Yeah but Swann's better at bowling and better at batting, so who gives a ****Hauritz looks like Brad Pitt compared to Swann:
Sorry, didn't mean to talk **** about your boyfriendYeah but Swann's better at bowling and better at batting, so who gives a ****
Seriously looks like Siddle in this picture.Hauritz looks like Brad Pitt compared to Swann:
That sums it all up pretty well.
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