Silver Silva
International Regular
James Anderson's performance in the Ashes 2023 got me thinking , what are some instances where good/great bowlers had a nightmare series ?
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Instances of highly rated bowlers having below par series
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Adorable Asshole
International Regular
Pat Cummins in 2023 Ashes
HouHsiaoHsien
International Debutant
Cummins in BGT 2023 too, for the matches he played. Excepted something more from someone who’s touted as having the potential of going past the likes of Steyn
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He wasn't really highly rated outside of that one, was he?
Slifer
International Captain
Right!! So puzzling considering how Walsh dominated them.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
He came here in 09 with a HUGE rep.
Expectations I suppose weren’t so high in 10-11
15 he was fancied again.
Silver Silva
International Regular
Joel Garner vs India in the West Indies , 1982-83 series
7 wickets in 4 tests at 43.00 , the only series that Big Bird averaged above 30 (Or 30.30 to be precise) ..
West Indies still won the series 2-0 though, India managed to draw three Tests. .
Wow credit to Mohinder Amanarth in that series, He averaged over 60 facing Garner , Roberts, Holding and Marshall all bowling in the same XI .. That's like an ATG series performance considering the bowling attack . Gavaskar averaged 30 that series .
7 wickets in 4 tests at 43.00 , the only series that Big Bird averaged above 30 (Or 30.30 to be precise) ..
West Indies still won the series 2-0 though, India managed to draw three Tests. .
Wow credit to Mohinder Amanarth in that series, He averaged over 60 facing Garner , Roberts, Holding and Marshall all bowling in the same XI .. That's like an ATG series performance considering the bowling attack . Gavaskar averaged 30 that series .
Slifer
International Captain
Yes!!!
the big bambino
International Captain
You can bowl well and turn in bad numbers. So of the examples given I'd go with the 1st 2 mentioned. I didn't see much of Anderson's bowling this ashes but it seems a combination of age, pitch conditions and the fact Australia do well against him contributed to his high no.s. I think his ER was still ok.
Cummins' poor series down to captaincy (probably) and poor bowling strategies. That is to stay his lengths were ****.
Cummins' poor series down to captaincy (probably) and poor bowling strategies. That is to stay his lengths were ****.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Shane Warne bowling in India with a broken toenail.
Line and Length
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Dennis Lillee in 3 Tests in Pakistan in '79/'80. His average for his 3 wickets was 101.0 at a time when he was averaging sub 20s in other series. (23 wickets @ 16.87 v England in 3 Tests and 16 wickets @ 15.31 v N.Z. in 3 Tests on either side of his Pakistan series).
Australia's bowling in that series was a bit of a one-man effort: Bright took 15 @ 23, the other bowlers took 8 wickets between them at an average of 92 (despite a 3-49 by Chappell).