Philander does bowl bad balls though, especially late in the day when he's been out in the field for a while.
Hmm must have missed them. given he's a bit tubby I can see that being the case. I only seem to tune in for his freak spells.
Unless his career is plagued by injuries, I'll eat my scrotum if Philander averages 30 by the time he is done.
That's definitely still true, but that doesn't mean he doesn't release the pressure with a pie every so often either. It's possible to be a very successful world class (even if short of ATG) bowler at his pace without being a super-accurate, economy-based stock bowler. He's successful because he bowls a very high percentage of excellent deliveries; they may not be quick but the pitch on a perfect length just outside off and move appreciably off the seam in either direction. It's not because he bowls less downright poor balls than other bowlers, because he definitely does bowl his fair share, often in one pretty poor spell towards the end of the day.
Well I've probably not taken into account the ridiculous number of wickets he's already taken and how long it'd take for that to actually blow out to 30 given he's not a spring chicken, but I certainly think he's more likely to average 30 from now until the end of his career as he is to average 22. I'm more thinking something in the 26-28 range myself though, from here on anyway.
What about Pakistan mate? They are definitely one of the best countries when playing at non DRS venues (trying to think of a way to say they are great excl in Aus, NZ, Eng and SA).
Ironically enough though, UDRS was a big factor in their series win over England in the UAE.
Yes I was going to say that, with their LBW's that were proved to be pad first.
Just on this - I hope that **** watched Amla's dismissal.
