Craig
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and Lancs have Daren Powell. Is this some plan to improve the West Indies bowlers or do those counties think they haven't any young bowlers better than these two.Yorkshire are apparently looking at Tino Best as a replacement for Daryl Tuffey
Good point, dont think Collingwood and Harmison ever got a fair crack of the whipPlays for Durham, so he'll have a period of getting ****ed over by selectors to go through first.
Powell has no way back into the WI side. He's over 30 now, I believe....and Lancs have Daren Powell. Is this some plan to improve the West Indies bowlers or do those counties think they haven't any young bowlers better than these two.
Tests bowling
Powell - 47.85
Best - 48.67
Pretty pathetic stuff from cricinfo it has to be said but then that is what I have come to expect from them. It's fine when we are playing one of the big 4, but expect very little coverage and the downplaying of everything else we do.Powell has no way back into the WI side. He's over 30 now, I believe....
Once again, cricinfo shows that they only really care about cricket in the Big Three (England, Australia and India)L
Innovations overshadow cricket in curtain-raiser | Cricket News | England Domestic Season | Cricinfo.com
"Never before in the history of English first-class cricket has a game been played at night with a pink ball, although the novelty has been tested in limited-overs games, and in a first-class match in the West Indies."
What a load of rubbish!
If these jokers had done even the slightest bit of research, they would've found out that the pink balls at night were not played in ONE first-class match in the Caribbean this season, but in SEVERAL matches in quite a few territories. And it wasn't in just any FC match, it was in the four-day domestic competition, which is the West Indies' premier domestic league.
But, of course, to say that would be to minimise the over-inflated importance of playing this match in Abu Dhabi....
It's not so ground-breaking after all, is it?
Ah good you're already aware of how the axe always hovered over Collingwood's neck despite being clearly one of the best contributing batsmen.Good point, dont think Collingwood and Harmison ever got a fair crack of the whip![]()
The fact that Bell was being talked in the same breath as Collingwood says it all. Bell average was only similar to Collingwood's because of a load of freebies against Bangladesh. Collingwood in comparison in his early Tests was trying to scrap his team to a draw in Sri Lanka against Murali - which is what he succeeded in doing - but that doesn't do your average much good. Bell's career was brimful of soft runs that barely matter and Collingwood is a better fielder and bowler, better in the dressing room. No contest.Not for a time he wasn't. There were spells in 07 and 08 where he didn't look like buying a run. Basically from the home series against India to the home series against SA he did nothing of note, failing to make a century in 4 series, looking in just horrible knick, with no back-lift and not looking remotely like the player that made the double century in Australia. Definitely saved his career with the century against SA. Him coming close to getting dropped had nothing to do with him playing for Durham. Yet, Bell, who made a century in NZ, averaging 50 in the series, and had a good series in SL was under as much pressure as Collingwood for his place during the series against SA. Bloody England-bias against Warwickshire players.![]()
Quite deservingly dropped in summer 2008, and was fortunate to only miss one game.Ah good you're already aware of how the axe always hovered over Collingwood's neck despite being clearly one of the best contributing batsmen.