TheJediBrah
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Thommo bowling 170-180 kph is patently ridiculous
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If Bradman played in today's era?
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Burgey
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I don't think Thommo bowled anything like 170-180 kph. I do, however, think he was consistently in the 150s, and pre-shoulder injury would have cranked it towards 160 quite often. One of the things people talked about with him in his prime was the ability he had to bowl long, fast spells. Having said that, I also think his speed seemed greater than some others who bowled express pace like, say a Holding or a Lee, because of his action.
A lot of the truly express blokes have that slingy action like a Thommo, Akhtar and Johnson, and it's a bastard because you're picking up the ball that fraction of a second later than a bloke who runs in with a less slingy action but bowls as fast, like a Lee. Which is why I think blokes like Thomson and Johnson were nightmares when they got it right, whereas Lee was usually like facing a bowling machine cranked to max - sure it was quick, but you knew what was coming. With the other blokes, their actions effectively hid the ball from you for a bit longer and there were less "tells" than a more orthodox action.
A lot of the truly express blokes have that slingy action like a Thommo, Akhtar and Johnson, and it's a bastard because you're picking up the ball that fraction of a second later than a bloke who runs in with a less slingy action but bowls as fast, like a Lee. Which is why I think blokes like Thomson and Johnson were nightmares when they got it right, whereas Lee was usually like facing a bowling machine cranked to max - sure it was quick, but you knew what was coming. With the other blokes, their actions effectively hid the ball from you for a bit longer and there were less "tells" than a more orthodox action.
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TheJediBrah
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Saw a lot of Richard posting since you joined in 2018 have you m8?
TheJediBrah
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I don't even know who Richard is outside of nostalgic posts from you old ****s on here
stephen
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If you can imagine someone who wrote posts as lengthy as ***** while talking as much tosh as Sunilz and doing so as frequently as trundler you have Richard.
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A fair enough objection but I am a CricketWeb historian in my spare time as well. I read up on old threads occasionally. Once I found a post seriously suggesting that Stewart was better than Knott. Sadly, that turned out to be one of many, many such wrong opinions. See also: Hussein > Hayden.
One of the rare few times where you're actually right.
OverratedSanity
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Sounds like the greatest poster of all time
trundler
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The Bradman of crap spamming. I am merely Smith compared to him.
Burgey
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As opposed to the rare prolific times? Maybe you’re still writing your name in it.
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wat
TheJediBrah
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One of the many often times Burgey abuses a teenager
trundler
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Yeah but have you literally never heard of emphasis?
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