Josh Hazlewood vs James Anderson

[BSM]

You know you're attempt to prove someone isn't good has gotten desperate when you're resting it solely on the fact that they've been rested for one test match in Galle.

 

[cnerd123]

@Burgey won't even put his money where is mouth is and vote for Hazelwood in the poll

 

[Gob]

How would you compare big Vern to soon to be knighted James of Burnley?

 

[andruid]

hazlewood can bowl outside england

Perfectly describing how far wide of the stumps he bowls

 

[Arachnodouche]

How is the true test of swing using a ball that does not swing? If you're a good swing bowler you should be judged by how you bowl in swinging conditions, no? Now if you're judging all-round fast bowling ability then sure Anderson lags behind the rest.

 

[SteveNZ]

Haze is a mile better in Aust conditions and slightly better in Eng conditions than Anderson

Haze is also far handsomer.

Haze is definitely the better looking bloke. As much as I love Jimmy, he's a skinny ****er. Haze has it all going, height, build and looks.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Hazlewood looks like a malnourished teletubby

 

[Jack1]

You know you're attempt to prove someone isn't good has gotten desperate when you're resting it solely on the fact that they've been rested for one test match in Galle.

Nothing to do with that. This is a genuine thread. Hazlewood is a great bowler. I haven’t voted on my own thread yet but from the posts there has been a good argument for Anderson made comparing averages during the same period

 

[Coronis]

How would you compare big Vern to soon to be knighted James of Burnley?

****me though, they’re just knighting every one lately aren’r they? Andrew ****ing Strauss and Alistair Cook, really?

 

[GIMH]

What a great thread this is

 

[ImpatientLime]

Haze is definitely the better looking bloke. As much as I love Jimmy, he's a skinny ****er. Haze has it all going, height, build and looks.

haze looks like his head would pop if you took a pin to it. he is only ugly mother****er.

 

[vcs]

Anderson is getting more handsome with age

 

[stephen]

Both are similar bowlers with a similar MO but Haze is a bit quicker, which means that he has a higher ceiling than Anderson. He's been hitting that over the last couple of years but hasn't been doing that as consistently as Anderson has over the last decade.

Clearly at this point Anderson has the better career. Both bowlers are at a different stage of their respective careers though. Haze is between a third and a half way through while Anderson is on his last legs. Obviously at this point you'd take Hazelwood in a nanosecond. But whether Hazlewood can have a better career than Anderson or not remains to be seen. He could revert to bowling down leg like a couple of years ago, or this Hazlewood could be the new normal. If the former is true, Anderson wins, if the latter, Hazelwood.

 

[ImpatientLime]

'Anderson is on his last legs'

bloke will be a head in a jar still pinging them down in 100 years time.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Both are similar bowlers with a similar MO

Uh, what

 

[ParwazHaiJunoon]

Uh, what

He is saying that "Both are similar bowlers with a similar Middle Organ"

 

[ParwazHaiJunoon]

Hazlewood relies on subtle Seam Movement while Anderson relies on Swing.
Anderson is a master of his art while Hazlewood is still learning his art.

 

[Gob]

Call me crazy but I'd take Starceh over both

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Call me crazy but I'd take Starceh over both

You're crazy.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Call me crazy but I'd take Starceh over both

absolutely nuts