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Until the fourth Test, when the WI chased 400 to win...aussie said:
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***Official*** Australia in England (The Ashes)
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tooextracool
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lee is most certainly hit and miss. hes more darren gough than anything else.FaaipDeOiad said:
Scaly piscine
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Warne, Gillespie and Lee (when you take out the games where his batting and bowling had a huge novelty value against teams) average a shade over 15. McGrath averages 7, but since he's improved of late we'll round that up to 10. So at most there's a combined of average of around 60. Adding up England's 4 you get 53-54, but Giles and Hoggard have improved a great deal with the bat. So really there's not much in it.
FaaipDeOiad
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Yes. The mighty stalwart of English cricket, Michael Roge... oh, wait...marc71178 said:
Seriously though, I don't think it's particularly significant. The bowlers got a decent workout, the batsmen made plenty of runs, and had there been an extra day available Australia would have won at a canter. Australia's selections for the test should be clear now too... nothing to complain about really.
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Eh? Which games?Scaly piscine said:
Scaly piscine
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The first seven, when he had 150 runs @ 37.5 and 42 wickets @ 16.07FaaipDeOiad said:
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What's that got to do with novelty value? It's not like a big hitting tail-ender is something never seen before, he's just good at it.Scaly piscine said:
Scaly piscine
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It's doubtful he could have played so well then compared to what he's been like since. The batting could have been a good run, but as has been seen so far he's like a rabbit when the ball is short and he's a fairly decent batsman when it's pitched up. This suggests the bowlers didn't 'work him out' as a batsman while he was still new.FaaipDeOiad said:
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Test Batting Averages Since January 2003:aussie said:
Giles 25.77
Hoggard 10.50
Jones 9.50
Harmison 13.05
Total 60.82
Warne 13.33
Lee 15.66
Gillespie 20.32
McGrath 11.36
Total 60.67
Suggests you're talking biased rubbish. Again.
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Why not?aussie said:one wonders if Rodgers double century will put him up as a possible contender for the side in the future...
The bloke averages 45.
Certainly Australia A.
age_master
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Neil Pickup said:
indeed that is definatley quite a tail