brilliant idea

[marc71178]

the presence of McGrath or Warne in any attack automatically make it better.

Not when it's only 1 of them added to 4 rather mediocre bowlers.

 

[age_master]

lol well if the other bowlers in there are mediocre, the english bowling attack must be classed as rubbish?

 

[luckyeddie]

lol well if the other bowlers in there are mediocre, the english bowling attack must be classed as rubbish?

If the English bowling attack are rubbish, then the rest of the test nations must have some pretty awful batsmen.

Congratulations, you have just explained the dominance of the current Australian team in world cricket - everyone else is rubbish.

 

[The Daddy]

If the English bowling attack are rubbish, then the rest of the test nations must have some pretty awful batsmen.

LOL.

England will definitely give Australia a run for their money this summer, can't see them winning back The Ashes though.

 

[cameeel]

Congratulations, you have just explained the dominance of the current Australian team in world cricket - everyone else is rubbish.

Exactly right, and coming from an englishman too

 

[luckyeddie]

Exactly right, and coming from an englishman too

So why do any of us bother watching cricket, then?

 

[marc71178]

lol well if the other bowlers in there are mediocre, the english bowling attack must be classed as rubbish?

So which of Lee, Bichel, MacGill and Watson isn't mediocre then (consider this is Test matches)

 

[cameeel]

So why do any of us bother watching cricket, then?

Because at some point in the near future, aus wont be as dominant as they have been the last decade

 

[luckyeddie]

Because at some point in the near future, aus wont be as dominant as they have been the last decade

I'm sorry, that's not a valid reason for watching cricket.

There aren't that many great Australian chemists, but if there was an international chemistry competition (Nobel Pize apart) it still wouldn't make it a good spectator sport

 

[steds]

So why do any of us bother watching cricket, then?

because it's a gift from god. It's a game of skill and concentration and dodgy umpires being ridiculed by people, who probably couldn't do any better, sat on their arses watching hawkeye say the ball was missing the stumps by a foot.









Plus every time the Aussies do lose the whole world unites to laugh at them

 

[Slats4ever]

So why do any of us bother watching cricket, then?

i dunno u tell me...
i watch it to make myself feel great cos austrlaia wins

 

[Prince EWS]

So which of Lee, Bichel, MacGill and Watson isn't mediocre then (consider this is Test matches)

MacGill.

Mind you, none of them are completely awful...

 

[Robertinho]

Plus every time the Aussies do lose the whole world unites to laugh at them

It's been a very solemn past few years..

 

[marc71178]

MacGill.

He gets away with his "fourball" an over because he has 3 better bowlers in the side - Ian Salisbury didn't have that luxury...

I'd be interested in how the other 3 aren't mediocre as well.

 

[chaminda_00]

He gets away with his "fourball" an over because he has 3 better bowlers in the side - Ian Salisbury didn't have that luxury...

I'd be interested in how the other 3 aren't mediocre as well.

Don't tell me your comparing a loser like Ian Salisbury to Stuart MacGill, man Ian Salisbury isn't good enough to play FC Cricket let alone Test Cricket.

The fact that he has the best S/R out of any current spin bowler makes him a lot more than medicore. His E/R of 3.16 isn't that bad as some people seem to be suggesting. An average of 28.8 is better then most spinner going around.

Andy Bichel and Brett Lee are far fom medicore when you look at the other quicks going around in Test Cricket. Bichel average of 32 is on par with most fast bowlers around the world. If you look at his last 4 years of Test Cricket his averages drops down even further, 28.


Even in say all that this bowling attcak isn't very balance and the bowlers are detributed well when you look at the other bowling attack, these bowling attacks would be better.

B Lee
MS Kasprowicz
GD McGrath
SCG MacGill

AJ Bichel
JN Gillespie
SK Warne
SW Tait

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Don't tell me your comparing a loser like Ian Salisbury to Stuart MacGill, man Ian Salisbury isn't good enough to play FC Cricket let alone Test Cricket.

Wow. The goal is now clear. I must lift myself only to a level where I'm not good enough to play FC cricket - ie capable of taking 773 FC wickets - then I'll have be able to earn a living in County Cricket.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Because at some point in the near future, aus wont be as dominant as they have been the last decade

Exactly right. This coming from an Australian too.

 

[chaminda_00]

Wow. The goal is now clear. I must lift myself only to a level where I'm not good enough to play FC cricket - ie capable of taking 773 FC wickets - then I'll have be able to earn a living in County Cricket.

That fact that he has played so much FC Cricket just shows the lack of depth in terms of spin bowling in England and lack of FC quailty spin bowlers. The guy takes his wickets at an average of 32.6 aganist some pretty average players of spin.

His Test record just shows how crap a spin bowler he really is; Ave (77), S/R (125) and E/R (3.7). Consider he played 15 Tests it not like he had suffient time to show he had some ability, which he doesn't have.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

That fact that he has played so much FC Cricket just shows the lack of depth in terms of spin bowling in England and lack of FC quailty spin bowlers. The guy takes his wickets at an average of 32.6 aganist some pretty average players of spin.

His Test record just shows how crap a spin bowler he really is; Ave (77), S/R (125) and E/R (3.7). Consider he played 15 Tests it not like he had suffient time to show he had some ability, which he doesn't have.

No, his Test record shows he can't play Test cricket. That says nothing for his value at domestic level. He may not have been an amazing spinner at domestic level, but to say he wasn't worthy of playing at that level is quite over the top.

EDIT: To say the man had/has no ability is ridiculous.

 

[chaminda_00]

No, his Test record shows he can't play Test cricket. That says nothing for his value at domestic level. He may not have been an amazing spinner at domestic level, but to say he wasn't worthy of playing at that level is quite over the top.

Maybe but it not as over the top as to comparing him to MacGill, or even calling MacGill a medicore bowler.

EDIT: even though Australia don't have that much depth in spin bowling i doubt he would make any side in Australia, that what i was talking about not up to FC standard.