That requires skill that in my experience is usually beyond James Anderson.EDIT: Could we please stop bowling anything in the short/legside region to Jesse?
Bollocks. O'Brien bowled better in the last test at the Basin Reserve than Hitchcock has at any time in his career. O'Brien gets a bad rap just because he's not international class. He cleans up at domestic level whilst Hitchcock hardly gets a game.Sorry, I simply refuse to believe that anyone can be considerably better than O'Diren. I know Hitchcock's bad, I certainly do, but the worst he can be is as bad as him.
Ah, but which is a reflection of the overall ability of a bowler? O'Brien's first class stats are good enough for him to be considered. Sure, he played badly in South Africa, but he bowled pretty well against Bangladesh - better than Mills, yet he's still being pilloried for the South African performance.I'm more than prepared to believe O'Diren is the better at the First-Class level, but the one-day? I question very much so.
One-day performances are a reflection of the ability of a bowler in the one-day game; First-Class performances are a reflection of the ability of a bowler in the First-Class game.Ah, but which is a reflection of the overall ability of a bowler?
Well, Hitchcock got two wickets in the 20:20 the other night despite bowling ****e because two guys got caught at long on/long off. Certainly his bowling hadn't improved for those two wickets. Them's the breaks that'll come along more often in OD cricket (like Bopara hitting two full tosses to mid wicket/square leg). **** balls don't take wickets in First Class, though they will more often in OD. Hence, FC averages are slightly better for judging a player than OD averages, in my opinion.One-day performances are a reflection of the ability of a bowler in the one-day game; First-Class performances are a reflection of the ability of a bowler in the First-Class game.
Crap deliveries don't all that often get wickets in OD games either, TBH. Average ones do far more often tho.Well, Hitchcock got two wickets in the 20:20 the other night despite bowling ****e because two guys got caught at long on/long off. Certainly his bowling hadn't improved for those two wickets. Them's the breaks that'll come along more often in OD cricket (like Bopara hitting two full tosses to mid wicket/square leg). **** balls don't take wickets in First Class, though they will more often in OD. Hence, FC averages are slightly better for judging a player than OD averages, in my opinion.
In other news, the New Zealand Cricket selections of music are more bizarre than elsewhere.In other news, BBC Sport are having such a slow night that they're printing my thinly-veiled abusive text messages. Joy.
Depressingly familiar. We win this game, and suddenly Mustard and Wright are promising players again, Shah, Bell and Collingwood are brilliant again. Just like it happened in 2001\02 (with names like Hoggard, Giles, Vaughan, Foster... and of course Shah and Collingwood).3/40 and we're actually in the game...
Ever thought that no-one's that stupid? It's not a question of not thinking, it's a question of not having the ability to put the ball where you're aiming. Anderson can only bowl this well every now and then, he can't do it game after game. He'll spray it more often than not, not because he lacks intelligence, but because he lacks skill.Having just seen SKY compare Anderson's pitch-maps for the second and third ODIs, the question of why it takes two days off for an International cricketer to figure out that spraying the ball around like a watercannon isn't a good idea.
Why can't England think on their feet?!