Yeah, SA seems to have lost that X-Factor. A year ago I would have said we will annihilate England at home, but now I think we're in for a tight series at the end of the year, and England will think they're in with at least an even chance of taking it.
O'Reilly was more Chandrasekhar than Mustafizur
fastest was 142.7 kph. on average around 136-137 mark
Sidney Barnes to be precise
Isn't that exactly what makes it hilarious though?
That's pretty sharp, especially with movement. Steyn routinely bowls spells at around that in helpful conditions.
he was bowling around 132k during india series. not sure what clicked, he started bowling 5k faster in sa series
"On average" is never going to tell you all that much because his pace varies so much. The spinner jokes stem from the amount of cutters he bowls and not the pace of his stock ball, which is usually high 130s. He actually didn't bowl many cutters today compared to what we saw in the ODIs, and his three wicket over was actually an entire over of full pace reverse swing.
Yeah definitely. I think teams will start preparing better for his cutter antics and work out a way to pick them better, but he's going to be massive in the subcontinent, particularly in ODIs. Realistically, even if Bangladesh produced a pace bowler who could average 35 in Test cricket that'd be huge for them, and I'd be pretty surprised if he couldn't manage that. Spinner jokes aside, he reminds me a lot of Vaas.
Yeah I'm pretty much cool with either/both but that's probably not really normal for an Australian my age; it's only become natural because I've watched so much English cricket I think.
I am mostly half-joking too, but c'mon, ODI mode he's pretty much half-spinner. I semi-seriously consider faulkner to be our actual ODI spinner too.
Was just gonna post that he reminded me of Vaas in his later years when he had a great off-cutter after watching his 3 wickets in 4 balls.. That's a great comparison for a newbie. If he does as well as Vaas over a long-term that would win Ban a lot of matches.
