If Rhino is out for a while...

[NUFAN]

It was pretty sweet in 2013 when it already happened

Heh.

 

[Tangles]

How on earth would Faulkner replace an opening bowler.

 

[Gob]

yeah forkers is a cover if one of watson/mmarsh goes down. not for one of the front line quicks.

 

[Red]

How on earth would Faulkner replace an opening bowler.

Takes more wickets per test than McGrath, Lillee, Steyn, Warne or any of the WI quicks

 

[TheJediBrah]

How on earth would Faulkner replace an opening bowler.

Perfect example of how underrated his first-class bowling is

casual fans only watch him in ODIs and think "oh he's a slogger who bowls slower balls he won't be any good in Tests"

smh

edit: although tbf it's hard to push your test case when you're too busy playing ODIs and T20Is to play much first-class cricket at all. Maxwell has the same problem. Maxwell is easily as good a first-class batsman (if not better) than S Marsh or Joe Burns but he hardly ever gets a chance.

 

[Swingpanzee]

If it was me I'd go Hilf

this

 

[Stapel]

If it was me I'd go Hilf

I didn't realise Benjamin Wilhelm of the House of Help was still around. Has he shown some good form in English FC cricket?

 

[Spikey]

seems like forkers faulkner will be making his long awaited court debut!!

James Faulkner to face drink-driving charge | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[Gob]

Perfect example of how underrated his first-class bowling is

casual fans only watch him in ODIs and think "oh he's a slogger who bowls slower balls and then drink and drive so he won't be any good in Tests"

smh

edit: although tbf it's hard to push your test case when you're too busy playing ODIs and T20Is to play much first-class cricket at all. Maxwell has the same problem. Maxwell is easily as good a first-class batsman (if not better) than S Marsh or Joe Burns but he hardly ever gets a chance.

fixed

 

[Gob]

seems like forkers faulkner will be making his long awaited court debut!!

James Faulkner to face drink-driving charge | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo

had this hilarious thought of forkers sitting in a cell and saul goodman comes to represent him but gets the charges wrong by thinking that forkers is in their for public masturbation

 

[Spikey]

"You've gotta get me out of here Saul, I'm supposed to make my debut tonight"

 

[Spikey]

For real though **** drunk drivers.

 

[Gob]

Daniel Brettig ‏@danbrettig 22m22 minutes ago
Faulkner: "I can't excuse my actions and understand that I have let people down." James Faulkner to face drink-driving charge | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo … #cricket

 

[Spikey]

Is he sober enough to understand anything yet

 

[Dan]

Hilf has sucked in County Cricket so far. Bird isn't especially fit at the moment. If you want a right armer it'd be NCN, Sayers or perhaps even a bolting Can-do Sandhu.

 

[Dan]

Perfect example of how underrated his first-class bowling is

casual fans only watch him in ODIs and think "oh he's a slogger who bowls slower balls he won't be any good in Tests"

smh

edit: although tbf it's hard to push your test case when you're too busy playing ODIs and T20Is to play much first-class cricket at all. Maxwell has the same problem. Maxwell is easily as good a first-class batsman (if not better) than S Marsh or Joe Burns but he hardly ever gets a chance.

Yes yes, CricketWeb being a noted home of casual fans who do nothing but watch ODIs and can be proven wrong by a simple look at the spreadsheets. I don't think a single CricketWeb user has ever watched a ball of Sheffield Shield cricket.

 

[Hurricane]

Perfect example of how underrated his first-class bowling is

casual fans only watch him in ODIs and think "oh he's a slogger who bowls slower balls he won't be any good in Tests"

smh

edit: although tbf it's hard to push your test case when you're too busy playing ODIs and T20Is to play much first-class cricket at all. Maxwell has the same problem. Maxwell is easily as good a first-class batsman (if not better) than S Marsh or Joe Burns but he hardly ever gets a chance.

So you would open the bowling with Faulkner? Seriously??

I don't think I rate your opinions on cricket if you would advocate that.

Surprised I bothered opening this thread at all.

 

[TheJediBrah]

So you would open the bowling with Faulkner? Seriously??

I don't think I rate your opinions on cricket if you would advocate that.

Surprised I bothered opening this thread at all.

1) never said I'd open with Faulkner

2) not that he couldn't. Still a better option than pretty much everyone else except Johnson, Hazlewood, Harris, Starc or Pattinson. Assuming he's sober.

Not sure if you've never followed Aus domestic cricket or just have a very short memory tbh

 

[Spikey]

Faulkner is more of a first change bowler, because that gives him enough time for his blood alcohol levels to drop

 

[Antihippy]

Is he sober enough to understand anything yet

That implies that he understood anything when he was sober.