Attention All South Africans!!

[Richard]

If you honestly thought that was a serious reply.....

Oh well.

Edit:

I meant 'worth talking about by me' - you know - wanton ineptitude, playing rubbish, that sort of stuff.

You of all people should know about that - you watch Yorkshire.

True.
I should've remembered the le rule-of-thumb...
Chance-of-post-being-of-a-serious-nature...1\10,000

 

[luckyeddie]

True.
I should've remembered the le rule-of-thumb...
Chance-of-post-being-of-a-serious-nature...1\10,000

So are you on tenterhooks waiting for number two then?

The difference between us is that I spout a load of nonsense deliberately.

 

[Richard]

Ah, the goodwill was fleeting...

 

[luckyeddie]

Ah, the goodwill was fleeting...

I COULD have been implying that you spout a load of sense deliberately.

 

[Richard]

You could... but in my experience that'd be asking a lot... even for your jesting capabilities.

 

[luckyeddie]

You could... but in my experience that'd be asking a lot... even for your jesting capabilities.

Admit that Harmison was the pick of the England bowlers today and I might just consider that you are not a one-dimensional character worthy of a one-dimensional response.

 

[Richard]

I thought Monty bowled pretty well myself.
Harmison bowled better than he normally does, I'll give him (and you) that, but I'll maintain 2 things:
1) bowling like that won't cause many problems for long
2) he's very unlikely to bowl like that very often

 

[luckyeddie]

I thought Monty bowled pretty well myself.
Harmison bowled better than he normally does, I'll give him (and you) that, but I'll maintain 2 things:
1) bowling like that won't cause many problems for long
2) he's very unlikely to bowl like that very often

It's a start - and yes, I thought Monty Panesar was superb (said so at the time).

Harmison obviously has the talent, somewhere deep inside, but I still think he's too easily satisfied. This nonsense about turning himself into a 'stock' bowler and concentrating on line and length - I don't want that. I want a firebrand, one who aims 95 mph deliveries at batsmen's throats.

Maybe his best mate being skipper is the finest thing that could happen to him.

 

[Goughy]

Harmison obviously has the talent, somewhere deep inside, but I still think he's too easily satisfied. This nonsense about turning himself into a 'stock' bowler and concentrating on line and length - I don't want that. I want a firebrand, one who aims 95 mph deliveries at batsmen's throats.

Couldn't agree more. I shook my head when before the Pakistan Series he said that he thought in the Sub-Continent you had to take the pace down a notch and concentrate on L&L.

Who ever gave that advise worries me. Height & Bounce maybe his number 1 asset but its silly to give up on his second (pace).

 

[jot1]

Actually, S A cricket is so like a yo-yo and a spinning top all in one, these days, that you just start a post about how well they're doing, and they're already losing the next one. So we don't bother to post, not wanting to become a laughing stock.

 

[jot1]

Cricket belongs to the whole world - you of all people should realise that. Hansie Kronje sold it to them.

btw, good one

 

[Scaly piscine]

It's a start - and yes, I thought Monty Panesar was superb (said so at the time).

Harmison obviously has the talent, somewhere deep inside, but I still think he's too easily satisfied. This nonsense about turning himself into a 'stock' bowler and concentrating on line and length - I don't want that. I want a firebrand, one who aims 95 mph deliveries at batsmen's throats.

Maybe his best mate being skipper is the finest thing that could happen to him.

Maybe he's trying to imitate Ambrose - who used to bowl within himself to an extent and would just every now and then bowl an effort ball (later in his career that's how he bowled anyway).

 

[luckyeddie]

btw, good one

Thanks.

It was only aimed at one South African, and I thought it was a bit near the knuckle, even for me. So with typical respect for everyone else, I thought 'what the hell' and posted it anyway

 

[Richard]

It's a start - and yes, I thought Monty Panesar was superb (said so at the time).

Harmison obviously has the talent, somewhere deep inside, but I still think he's too easily satisfied. This nonsense about turning himself into a 'stock' bowler and concentrating on line and length - I don't want that. I want a firebrand, one who aims 95 mph deliveries at batsmen's throats.

Maybe his best mate being skipper is the finest thing that could happen to him.

This is one thing I hate - "he has the talent, he just doesn't want it enough".
I rarely if ever believe this for a second.
There have been plenty of occasions in the last year that Harmison has bowled the 91-2mph (he's only ever been timed at 95-6mph on one occasion, that Riverside ODI against NZ) and he's been every bit as ineffectual in those where he's tried the "stock-bowler" role.

 

[Richard]

Maybe he's trying to imitate Ambrose - who used to bowl within himself to an extent and would just every now and then bowl an effort ball (later in his career that's how he bowled anyway).

Harmison never had a patch on Ambrose and any Englishman who tried to compare the two was clutching at straws in the extreme.

 

[luckyeddie]

This is one thing I hate - "he has the talent, he just doesn't want it enough".
I rarely if ever believe this for a second.
There have been plenty of occasions in the last year that Harmison has bowled the 91-2mph (he's only ever been timed at 95-6mph on one occasion, that Riverside ODI against NZ) and he's been every bit as ineffectual in those where he's tried the "stock-bowler" role.

Make that twice (well, close enough) - today.

 

[Richard]

Twice what?

 

[PY]

He got clocked at 94.8mph yesterday I believe.

 

[tooextracool]

And in Anderson and Harmison's case, the absolute tripe they've dished-up most of their Test-careers.

tripe is tripe, and graeme smith could only count himself fortunate to receive plenty of it in those first 2 tests before getting worked out thereafter. however it does appear as though nearly 3 years after being found out hes finally realised that he needs to make some modifications to his technique.

 

[luckyeddie]

tripe is tripe, and graeme smith could only count himself fortunate to receive plenty of it in those first 2 tests before getting worked out thereafter. however it does appear as though nearly 3 years after being found out hes finally realised that he needs to make some modifications to his technique.

He obviously doesn't read Cricket Web, TEC.

We could have told him that years ago.