Solanki, there's another player who shouldn't play ODI cricket, he's been around the side for ages but done nothing apart from his great 100 V South Africa.Barney Rubble said:Solanki bowled by Powar. Nice one Vik.
Seconded.open365 said:
Assuming there's no one to swing the white ball at him in the first five overs, he's fine.Barney Rubble said:
He's retired with exhaustion/cramp now. Good knock, albeit against some bad bowling.Samuel_Vimes said:
Well, they rocked us big time.RolledOver said:
It does baffle me how Bracken, Pollock, Pathan and McGrath can be so successful in ODIs, whilst Hoggard - who is England's equivalent 80mph swing bowler, is less use than a hot water bottle would be in Jamshedpur today.Jono said:Yeah this is what we need, fast bowlers from India bowling over 140+... yet going at 6 an over and getting spanked around the park.
The day some Indian fans realise that, particularly in ODIs, that pace isn't everything, is the day they realise how valuable Pathan is as a bowler in ODI cricket. He's owned Strauss this ODI series with swing and accuracy at the start of the innings.
This obsession with pace is getting stupid by some fans. Don't get me wrong, I like that we are getting some young quick bowlers and that they are getting a game, and Sreesanth and Patel were brilliant in their test appearances, but by gee pace isn't everything.
Bracken, Pollock, Pathan and McGrath should make that obvious in ODIs.
Not sure if Phil Taylor's a better option than Harbhajan, but I can't believe he'd be much less use than Ian Blackwell is...pug said:
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