Vernon Philander - Here to stay, or a Flash in the pan?

[smash84]

was Shoaib Akhtar very highly rated in NZ?

 

[Flem274*]

As soon as he is clocked by the speed gun, Sami could be highly rated in New Zealand.

 

[smash84]

As soon as he is clocked by the speed gun, Sami could be highly rated in New Zealand.

dude Sami was clocked somewhere around 158-159 kph

 

[Flem274*]

Then our media and experts would love him.

 

[Kippax]

was Shoaib Akhtar very highly rated in NZ?

Three innings, three 5fers, 17 wickets @ 5.2.

 

[smash84]

Then our media and experts would love him.

 

[Prince EWS]

Then our media and experts would love him.

And so they should; Sami is gun.

 

[Pup Clarke]

Will have to respectfully disagree with Taylor there.

And your in such a position to question Taylor?

 

[Prince EWS]

And your in such a position to question Taylor?

Well he can't question him on who he found more difficult to face, but he can certainly question the assertion that Philander "got many wickets on the back of the pressure the former two had applied." Making batsmen feel more uncomfortable than another bowler does and being a better bowler than him aren't always the same thing.

 

[Jager]

I'm going to cry of happiness when Philander gets destroyed for the first time. Honestly, I can not wait

 

[Quaggas]

Dehydration can damage the kidneys. Don't forget to drink lots of water.

 

[Flem274*]

And your in such a position to question Taylor?

My apologies. Shut the site down now. The great unwashed are obviously not qualified to have an opinion until we are test cricketers ourselves.

 

[Flem274*]

Well he can't question him on who he found more difficult to face, but he can certainly question the assertion that Philander "got many wickets on the back of the pressure the former two had applied." Making batsmen feel more uncomfortable than another bowler does and being a better bowler than him aren't always the same thing.

Thank you.

 

[marc71178]

I said 'looks like' because he has only played 11 matches...

And how many has Philander played?

 

[Ruckus]

And in how many innings so far has Philander shown some signs of inconsistency, or anything to suggest he won't be an awesome bowler in the long term?

 

[MrPrez]

Philander will be quality. Whether he will be a <25 average quality or a 25-30 average quality remains to be seen

 

[KungFu_Kallis]

Australia had the chance to blood their own slightly late blooming unfashionable medium-fast accurate seam nibbler uber-wicket-taker-in-FC-cricket. And he didn't bowl badly in his 3 Tests to date either on unhelpful Sri Lankan decks. But then they dropped him for Peter Siddle and he hasn't been seen since......

 

[benchmark00]

Australia had the chance to blood their own slightly late blooming unfashionable medium-fast accurate seam nibbler uber-wicket-taker-in-FC-cricket. And he didn't bowl badly in his 3 Tests to date either on unhelpful Sri Lankan decks. But then they dropped him for Peter Siddle and he hasn't been seen since......

NUFAN would be seething whilst reading this post.

 

[BoyBrumby]

We're taking about the "c" word here are we?

In all fairness to Big Vern he's appreciably quicker than Copeland; in fact his average speed doesn't lose much in comparison with Anderson, Bresnan or Broad if the just concluded test series is anything to go by.

Didn't Copeland stink out the joint in 2011/12 too?

 

[uvelocity]

gave his own balls a sly flick iirc