***Official*** West Indies tour of Australia, Jan–Feb 2024

[Bahseph]

JDS is such a happy hooker.

There is a 35+ averaging wicket keeper batter in there somewhere.

 

[Qlder]

WI 5-57, meanwhile Cummins going at 5 an over (5 overs, 0-25)

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

How brother? All I said is Gillespie would destroy batting line ups like this and that its harder to bowl to Lara than Athanaze ..
I don't think that's unreasonable, I didn't say Hazlewood is not good, we have to look at some of these batting line ups and take records with the pinch of salt sometimes..

How many teams have better batting units in Hazlewood's Era compared to Gillespie's Era, bear in mind that 2000's was a great time to be a batsman .

Hazlewood averages 39 in South Africa at a time when fast bowling has been pretty well rewarded in these parts so for that reason alone he ain't in the same league as Hoff (Though I could be biased)

Also you are kinda right about the batting standards of teams these days, it's not great ..I think the last 3 touring sides to Australia have been West Indies, Pakistan and South Africa, all 3 very poor batting sides , I think Masood was captain of Pakistan with a Test average below 30 , far cry from the days of Anwar , Younus Khan , Yousuf , Inzamam ..

And the team we sent to Australia was a joke , best bat was Elgar who is horrible away from home. Yeah Hazlewood has troubled some good batsman in the past but he's also faced some shocking sides to get that average around 25 .

 

[Spark]

Hazlewood averages 39 in South Africa at a time when fast bowling has been pretty well rewarded in these parts so for that reason alone he ain't in the same league as Hoff (Though I could be biased)

Those pitches were absolutely not the same as the sorts of pitches where Rabada, Olivier, Ngidi etc have been averaging either side of 20. They were much drier and more abrasive; compare them to what India have faced out there in the last few tours.

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

There is a 35+ averaging wicket keeper batter in there somewhere.

I don't think he is better than Denesh Ramdin , now that was a class keeper , he kept to guys like Fidel Edwards so effortlessly

 

[Calm_profit]

Give the bowl who has golden arm Travis Head

 

[TheJediBrah]

JDS is such a happy hooker.

Haven't come across many myself. That's probably my fault though

 

[danzydab]

Those pitches were absolutely not the same as the sorts of pitches where Rabada, Olivier, Ngidi etc have been averaging either side of 20. They were much drier and more abrasive; compare them to what India have faced out there in the last few tours.

Yes the pitches in that series were flatter, sort of like the ones Eng get when they tour SA.

However, in the same series which josh averaged 39; cummins averaged 21, rabada and morkel averaged 19, philander averaged 17,
Both Starc and Hazlewood and were totally outbowled in that series.

 

[Bahseph]

Hmm so the SA C side is a topic of discussion amongst every commentary team not from SA these days.

 

[Spark]

Yes the pitches in that series were flatter, sort of like the ones Eng get when they tour SA.

However, in the same series which josh averaged 39; cummins averaged 21, rabada and morkel averaged 19, philander averaged 17,
Both Starc and Hazlewood and were totally outbowled in that series.

Hazlewood definitely isn't suited to surfaces like that. There's a reason he's barely played during the subcontinent tours.

 

[Burgey]

Decent shout if it pitched in line

 

[Spark]

Surprised that wasn't given live tbh

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

Hazlewood definitely isn't suited to surfaces like that. There's a reason he's barely played during the subcontinent tours.

They weren't that bad for bowling, He just wasn't good enough

 

[Prince EWS]

Haven't come across many myself. That's probably my fault though

 

[TheJediBrah]

Yes the pitches in that series were flatter, sort of like the ones Eng get when they tour SA.

However, in the same series which josh averaged 39; cummins averaged 21, rabada and morkel averaged 19, philander averaged 17,
Both Starc and Hazlewood and were totally outbowled in that series.

Hazelwood has those patches where he bowls well and just doesn't seem to take wickets. Gets a lot of 1-50 type spells where a bit more luck and he'd get 3 or 4/50. Been a lot of series he's averaged higher than Starc despite bowling a lot better IMO

 

[Chubb]

This may be a moronic opinion but I predict that Head will ton up and Windies will be five or six down at the close and 20-30 runs behind. Happy if I’m proven wrong.

Eerie isn’t it?

 

[TheJediBrah]

Eerie isn’t it?

This is the opposite* of the time I said Ryan Burl was **** and is going to get smashed



*@PEWS

 

[Gob]

Top knock from the bin lid again when the going gets tough

 

[Daemon]

Hazelwood has those patches where he bowls well and just doesn't seem to take wickets. Gets a lot of 1-50 type spells where a bit more luck and he'd get 3 or 4/50. Been a lot of series he's averaged higher than Starc despite bowling a lot better IMO

Yes and don’t forget his broken toenails

 

[Gob]

Yes and don’t forget his broken toenails

Bush horses don't have toe nails. They have hooves