Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
More effective, obviously, but the reasons for him being more effective were multiple.
While the 1993 attack mightn't have been strong after McDermott went home early, it was beyond question stronger than the attack of 2005. Even Tim May, a relatively nondescript bowler most of his career, had his moments. You're forgetting Merv Hughes, too.
And there's simply no doubt about the fact that England hopelessly misjudged their approach in 2005. While they still won the series, countless times they got themselves out to Warne. This didn't happen in 1993 - as you say, most of the time they were seeking to shut-down the Warne end full-stop. Currently, the flavour-of-the-month is attack, and that was the strategy they chose to use this time. But it was less effective, because Warne got more wickets at a much, much better strike-rate.
I reckon Warne bowled as well in 2005 as he did in 2001 - both times he was superb. But in 2001 he had McGrath for every game and in the first 3 a firing Gillespie.
Like I say - capturing the imagination is a lot, and it made a huge impact in both 1993 and 2005.
While the 1993 attack mightn't have been strong after McDermott went home early, it was beyond question stronger than the attack of 2005. Even Tim May, a relatively nondescript bowler most of his career, had his moments. You're forgetting Merv Hughes, too.
And there's simply no doubt about the fact that England hopelessly misjudged their approach in 2005. While they still won the series, countless times they got themselves out to Warne. This didn't happen in 1993 - as you say, most of the time they were seeking to shut-down the Warne end full-stop. Currently, the flavour-of-the-month is attack, and that was the strategy they chose to use this time. But it was less effective, because Warne got more wickets at a much, much better strike-rate.
I reckon Warne bowled as well in 2005 as he did in 2001 - both times he was superb. But in 2001 he had McGrath for every game and in the first 3 a firing Gillespie.
Like I say - capturing the imagination is a lot, and it made a huge impact in both 1993 and 2005.
