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Scott Muller - The Prodigal Son
On the receiving end of the infamous 'can't bowl, can't throw' incident, Muller's career nose-dived slightly after a blistering start sending him spiralling out of the test arena. Could he actually bowl though? Our stats say 'Yes...yes he could':
- Out of the 7 wickets Muller took at Test level he dismissed Mohammed Wasim twice. During the two tests in question Wasim averaged 32.25, so it's fair to argue that even though it was only early (but also late) in Muller's Test career he already knew how to hone in on the big guns!
- Further to this Muller's other wickets were Yousuf Youhana (47.25), Inzamam-ul-Haq (57.5), Abdul Razzaq (6.5), Wasim Akram (24.25), and Moin Khan (21.25) - none of whom are batting bunnies! While a lot of his other teammates practically forged a career out of removing early openers, non-set middle orders, and pathetic tail-enders, Muller picked his targets carefully to create a short - yet impressive - bowling resume. As you can see from their average over these two tests all of the above-mentioned (apart from Razzaq) were in a rich vein of batting form when dismissed by Muller. Razzaq was actually dropped by Pakistan after being embarrassed by Muller in the first innings of his first Test, and capitulated for 2 in the second innings before disappearing from the scene.
- Scott Muller was a destructive bowler! Of the batsmen listed above he dismissed Inzamam, Akram and Khan for their lowest scores over the two Tests, proof that if given the opportunity to strike early he could be a danger to some of the oppositions primary weapons! He was also responsible for dismissing both Wasim (91) and Youhana (75) when they were set, an example of how he is able to come back to clean up the mess created by earlier bowler's ineptitude to again stamp his authority on the game!
- In the first Test of Muller's two Test career he actually out-performed one of Australia's best ever bowlers - Shane Warne. Muller's average in this test was 42.33 per wicket, whilst the pathetic Warne averaged 51. That's 8.67 runs per wicket more for Warne, which doesn't sound like much but if they both took 1000 wickets Muller's total runs off his bowling would be 42330, whilst Warne would be at 51000. That's 8670 runs people! Think about that!
- We actually administered a foolproof survey to the people of Australia, putting the Scott Muller debate to them and letting them make up their own minds. We asked 'Regardless of whether you've actually heard of him of not, is Scott Muller one of the best bowlers this country has ever seen?'. An astounding 73.45% replied 'yes', 25% replied 'no', 15% replied 'John the Cameraman' and the final 17% replied, and I quote, 'Aussie, Aussie, Aussie....Oi, Oi, Oi'. We took into account the number of hearing-impaired people we surveyed who actually thought we said 'Keith Miller', and have come up with this:
115% of respondants surveyed thought that Scott Muller can in fact bowl...
The Defence rests your honour!
(*Note: The cameraman's name has been changed to protect his identity!)
On the receiving end of the infamous 'can't bowl, can't throw' incident, Muller's career nose-dived slightly after a blistering start sending him spiralling out of the test arena. Could he actually bowl though? Our stats say 'Yes...yes he could':
- Out of the 7 wickets Muller took at Test level he dismissed Mohammed Wasim twice. During the two tests in question Wasim averaged 32.25, so it's fair to argue that even though it was only early (but also late) in Muller's Test career he already knew how to hone in on the big guns!
- Further to this Muller's other wickets were Yousuf Youhana (47.25), Inzamam-ul-Haq (57.5), Abdul Razzaq (6.5), Wasim Akram (24.25), and Moin Khan (21.25) - none of whom are batting bunnies! While a lot of his other teammates practically forged a career out of removing early openers, non-set middle orders, and pathetic tail-enders, Muller picked his targets carefully to create a short - yet impressive - bowling resume. As you can see from their average over these two tests all of the above-mentioned (apart from Razzaq) were in a rich vein of batting form when dismissed by Muller. Razzaq was actually dropped by Pakistan after being embarrassed by Muller in the first innings of his first Test, and capitulated for 2 in the second innings before disappearing from the scene.
- Scott Muller was a destructive bowler! Of the batsmen listed above he dismissed Inzamam, Akram and Khan for their lowest scores over the two Tests, proof that if given the opportunity to strike early he could be a danger to some of the oppositions primary weapons! He was also responsible for dismissing both Wasim (91) and Youhana (75) when they were set, an example of how he is able to come back to clean up the mess created by earlier bowler's ineptitude to again stamp his authority on the game!
- In the first Test of Muller's two Test career he actually out-performed one of Australia's best ever bowlers - Shane Warne. Muller's average in this test was 42.33 per wicket, whilst the pathetic Warne averaged 51. That's 8.67 runs per wicket more for Warne, which doesn't sound like much but if they both took 1000 wickets Muller's total runs off his bowling would be 42330, whilst Warne would be at 51000. That's 8670 runs people! Think about that!
- We actually administered a foolproof survey to the people of Australia, putting the Scott Muller debate to them and letting them make up their own minds. We asked 'Regardless of whether you've actually heard of him of not, is Scott Muller one of the best bowlers this country has ever seen?'. An astounding 73.45% replied 'yes', 25% replied 'no', 15% replied 'John the Cameraman' and the final 17% replied, and I quote, 'Aussie, Aussie, Aussie....Oi, Oi, Oi'. We took into account the number of hearing-impaired people we surveyed who actually thought we said 'Keith Miller', and have come up with this:
115% of respondants surveyed thought that Scott Muller can in fact bowl...
The Defence rests your honour!
(*Note: The cameraman's name has been changed to protect his identity!)
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