It was 20 years ago yesterday...

[Fuller Pilch]

that Clouderson played his first international (an ODI vs Oz). If a 'most improved' test cricketer of all time award was given out he'd be a major contender. I never rated him for years, but he's a very good bowler (possibly even better than Simon Doull).

 

[TheJediBrah]

I think I was at that game, if it was the one at the MCG where Gilchrist and Ponting both tonned up. They had nearly half the ground knocked down and was being reconstructed. Jimmy got someone out played-on from a wide half volley

I remember thinking he was ****, had good pace but was really loose. Never would have predicted he would become a medium-fast swing specialist

 

[Adders]

It pleases me greatly that in the last year or so CW as a whole can now acknowledge Jimmy for the outstanding bowler that he is.......I mean it only took a decade of excellence churning out ATG numbers for you all to get here but you did eventually. Well done.

 

[GIMH]

It pleases me greatly that in the last year or so CW as a whole can now acknowledge Jimmy for the outstanding bowler that he is.......I mean it only took a decade of excellence churning out ATG numbers for you all to get here but you did eventually. Well done.

They’re all still *****, end of

 

[Lillian Thomson]

I was convinced this thread was going to be about Carson Palmer.

 

[Adders]

They’re all still ****s, end of

Absolutely......still should give ***** a pat on the back when they eventually come to their senses. But we've still got @Shri and @Burgey to laugh and point at on this topic.

 

[Adders]

Oh, and I see that 40yo Jimmy Anderson is the No 2 ranked bowler in the world atm.

 

[Burgey]

Absolutely......still should give ****s a pat on the back when they eventually come to their senses. But we've still got @Shri and @Burgey to laugh and point at on this topic.

He averages 34 in Australia after 22 tests. More tests than Shane Bond's entire career, so it's a large enough sample size. 34.

That's three-four.

Thirty four.

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The same as Adders' IQ and Graham Dilley's average in this country, which is apt cos he's roughly on the same level as Anderson.

Even Darren Gough managed to average 27 here.

Embarrassing for England fans he's considered in the running as your best ever pace bowler.

Thirty Four.

Thirty morther****ing four.

All time great? All time mediocrity tbh.

To paraphrase Tim Minchin, just because he's tenacious doesn't mean that he's worthy.

Thirty Four.

 

[Burgey]

Thirty four.

 

[ashley bach]

Thirty four.

Wait till his next ashes down under mate, you just wait.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Thirty four.

Averages 33 in NZ and 35 in SA as well.
Struggles in the superior hemisphere, but is pretty decent up in the inferior northern one.

 

[Adders]

He averages 34 in Australia after 22 tests. More tests than Shane Bond's entire career, so it's a large enough sample size. 34.

That's three-four.

Thirty four.

T H I R T Y F O U R
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The same as Adders' IQ and Graham Dilley's average in this country, which is apt cos he's roughly on the same level as Anderson.

Even Darren Gough managed to average 27 here.

Embarrassing for England fans he's considered in the running as your best ever pace bowler.

Thirty Four.

Thirty morther****ing four.

All time great? All time mediocrity tbh.

To paraphrase Tim Minchin, just because he's tenacious doesn't mean that he's worthy.

Thirty Four.

Ok

 

[NZTailender]

Averages 33 in NZ and 35 in SA as well.
Struggles in the superior hemisphere, but is pretty decent up in the inferior northern one.

Averages over 30 in countries that don't use the Duke ball. Just monumentally poor really.

 

[honestbharani]

They’re all still ****s, end of

Hey, Anderson is a ****, but I still rate his bowling, as CW should know.

 

[Coronis]

Averages 33 in NZ and 35 in SA as well.
Struggles in the superior hemisphere, but is pretty decent up in the inferior northern one.

Still can’t handle a kookaburra then.

 

[honestbharani]

Absolutely......still should give ****s a pat on the back when they eventually come to their senses. But we've still got @Shri and @Burgey to laugh and point at on this topic.

Niiiice... giving @Flem274* the silent treatment

 

[Adders]

They’re all still ****s, end of

And a handful of posts later we can see just how right you are mate.

 

[Coronis]

And a handful of posts later we can see just how right you are mate.

Isn’t it a requirement to be a **** if you’re a regular poster here?

 

[Adders]

Niiiice... giving @Flem274* the silent treatment

Whos this Flem you speak of......am I supposed to know of him?

 

[TheJediBrah]

Burgey makes some darn good points tbh

I didn't realise his average was that bad in all those countries

The clincher will be what his average in the countries has been in, say, just the last decade