A Bowling Lineup For Damage Control

[karan_fromthestands]

Let's say a test match is being played on a wicket that is flat and high scores are a certainty. You have to select a bowling lineup with guys who can either bowling tight to dry up the runs or bowl crazy variations to just disturb the batsman's rhythm, who would you choose? The main goal would be to prevent the opposition from just cruising to a comfortable total that would put your team out of the game.

Let's not pick any ATGs and try to be a little more creative.

I will go with the following:
1- Ian Harvey - to bowl some freakish variations and keep the batsmen guessing
2 - Trent Copeland - literally medium pace, but keeps the batsmen guessing with his subtle variations and extra bounce, wish he would have got more games, an absolute treat to watch(also feels guys like Dernbach should watch him and take notes on how to use variations effectively instead of spamming them)
3 - Bapu Nadkarni/Trevor Goddard - just to hold op one end with pinpoint accuracy and allow other bowlers to bowl in short bursts with good intensity
4 - BS Chandrasekhar - No matter how set a batsmen is, a leg spinner who can bowl googlies, leggies and top spinners at almost medium pace and sometimes himself doesn't know what the ball will do will always pluck out a wicket out of nowhere, especially when the batsmen show a slightest bit of complacency

 

[Xix2565]

Dare I say it? Another thread where the answer is Jadeja?

 

[_00_deathscar]

Dare I say it? Another thread where the answer is Jadeja?

Just wanted to come in with this. Literally Jadeja...

 

[Immenso]

and Wagner

 

[subshakerz]

My attack:

Mohd Asif to keep things tight.

Flintoff who can take wickets on flat pitches through sheer speed, marathon spells, hitting the deck and keeping his spirits up.

Lance Gibbs, arguably the most accurate and parsimonious spinner ever.

 

[a massive zebra]

Let's say a test match is being played on a wicket that is flat and high scores are a certainty. You have to select a bowling lineup with guys who can either bowling tight to dry up the runs or bowl crazy variations to just disturb the batsman's rhythm, who would you choose? The main goal would be to prevent the opposition from just cruising to a comfortable total that would put your team out of the game.

Let's not pick any ATGs and try to be a little more creative.

I will go with the following:
1- Ian Harvey - to bowl some freakish variations and keep the batsmen guessing
2 - Trent Copeland - literally medium pace, but keeps the batsmen guessing with his subtle variations and extra bounce, wish he would have got more games, an absolute treat to watch(also feels guys like Dernbach should watch him and take notes on how to use variations effectively instead of spamming them)
3 - Bapu Nadkarni/Trevor Goddard - just to hold op one end with pinpoint accuracy and allow other bowlers to bowl in short bursts with good intensity
4 - BS Chandrasekhar - No matter how set a batsmen is, a leg spinner who can bowl googlies, leggies and top spinners at almost medium pace and sometimes himself doesn't know what the ball will do will always pluck out a wicket out of nowhere, especially when the batsmen show a slightest bit of complacency

Bill O'Reilly could do all those things but arguably with better accuracy and consistency than Chandrasekhar.

Bapu Nadkarni, Hedley Verity, Jim Laker, Lance Gibbs and Ravi Jadeja would also be very suitable for a spinners slot.

Alfred Shaw, Maurice Tate, Alec Bedser, Alan Davidson, Mike Hendrick, Curtley Ambrose, Shaun Pollock and Mohammad Abbas could be contenders for the opening bowlers slot.

Trevor Goddard or Slasher Mackay for allrounder.

 

[Starfighter]

Trevor Goddard needs to be here. Very accurate left-arm medium pace or sometime orthodox spin, usually aimed at leg stump for a career economy rate of 1.64.

 

[trundler]

For the thread:

Goddard, Illingworth, Ironmonger, Tate, Bedser

What makes my peepee tingle:

McGrath, Hadlee, Ambrose, O'Reilly

Would love to see Garner in there too

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Let's say a test match is being played on a wicket that is flat and high scores are a certainty. You have to select a bowling lineup with guys who can either bowling tight to dry up the runs or bowl crazy variations to just disturb the batsman's rhythm, who would you choose? The main goal would be to prevent the opposition from just cruising to a comfortable total that would put your team out of the game.

Let's not pick any ATGs and try to be a little more creative.

I will go with the following:
1- Ian Harvey - to bowl some freakish variations and keep the batsmen guessing
2 - Trent Copeland - literally medium pace, but keeps the batsmen guessing with his subtle variations and extra bounce, wish he would have got more games, an absolute treat to watch(also feels guys like Dernbach should watch him and take notes on how to use variations effectively instead of spamming them)
3 - Bapu Nadkarni/Trevor Goddard - just to hold op one end with pinpoint accuracy and allow other bowlers to bowl in short bursts with good intensity
4 - BS Chandrasekhar - No matter how set a batsmen is, a leg spinner who can bowl googlies, leggies and top spinners at almost medium pace and sometimes himself doesn't know what the ball will do will always pluck out a wicket out of nowhere, especially when the batsmen show a slightest bit of complacency

Ian Harvey is a very creative pick. He was terrible. One of Australia's worst ODI players as an option to stop runs in a test!?

 

[ataraxia]

Tate-Thomson-Wagner-Goddard-Rhodes

Excellent batting and excellent economy.

 

[a massive zebra]

Thomson wtf? This bowler worked on the premise of frightening pace and all out aggression. He had a below average economy rate for his generation.

 

[ataraxia]

Thomson wtf? This bowler worked on the premise of frightening pace and all out aggression. He had a below average economy rate for his generation.

He's the strike bowler in the lineup. Express bowling is effective on all surfaces.

 

[Prince EWS]

Ian Harvey is a very creative pick. He was terrible. One of Australia's worst ODI players as an option to stop runs in a test!?

His batting never come off in ODIs like the selectors hoped and he wasn't the hero @Dan claims, but he was a decent ODI bowler. Definitely not one of Australia's worst ever players - he wouldn't even be in the bottom half.

 

[Line and Length]

Bill O'Reilly could do all those things but arguably with better accuracy and consistency than Chandrasekhar.

Bapu Nadkarni, Hedley Verity, Jim Laker, Lance Gibbs and Ravi Jadeja would also be very suitable for a spinners slot.

Alfred Shaw, Maurice Tate, Alec Bedser, Alan Davidson, Mike Hendrick, Curtley Ambrose, Shaun Pollock and Mohammad Abbas could be contenders for the opening bowlers slot.

Trevor Goddard or Slasher Mackay for allrounder.

I can't fault your lists.

Nadkarni's 21 consecutive maidens speaks for itself. Another spinner in the mix would be Alf Valentine. 39% of his Test overs were maidens with an ER < 2

 

[_00_deathscar]

Why are some people picking ATG level bowlers?

 

[Pap Finn Keighl]

Barnes
Akram
Procter
Hadlee
Murali

 

[Prince EWS]

Why are some people picking ATG level bowlers?

#freedom

 

[Nikhil99.94]

((Bill O'Reilly could do all those things but arguably with better accuracy and consistency than Chandrasekhar.))

He said no ATG bowler.

 

[mr_mister]

Was the king of ODI restrictive bowling Gavin Larsen any good at doing it with the red ball?

 

[Prince EWS]

Was the king of ODI restrictive bowling Gavin Larsen any good at doing it with the red ball?

Yeah he only played a few Tests but he was miserly in the ones he did play.