Considering your selective criteria (and that Harmison hasn't played Pak, Pathan hasn't played WI, NZ ) - how much does Harmison avg. against SA & Australia ? Let me guess his bowling avg. against SA is an impressive 60 and against australia it is 38 and at 26 I would assume he has either reached his peak or is almost there, otoh Pathan is only 20 and has a lot to develop both physically and mentally.marc71178 said:
Irrelevant statistics, but useless waffle is about all you seem to come out with looking at some of the other threads.C_C said:
Whilst I agree CC relies on useless statistics on many occasions, those statistics of overs per match seem pretty damn relevant to me. Someone criticised Akhtar in regards to how many overs he bowls, so he replied with those stats.Scaly piscine said:
Hardly an equivalent figure. I assume you have included WI, NZ stats also, Has Pathan played against NZ, WI ? NO.marc71178 said:
They're not relevant because he's comparing overs per MATCH when I was on about how many overs he could bowl in a day. Flintoff has played games where he couldn't bowl, he's also played in games earlier in his career where he wasn't the main bowler like Shoaib. Simon Jones has been the 4/5th bowler and is used sparingly, although that might change. Also the overs per MATCH don't take into consideration other things like how long teams bat against them, look at how quickly England have run through teams when they've been bowling recently - that would obviously reduce an oves per match figure, as does being in a 5 man attack.Jono said:
Pakistan's bowlers troubled Australia too. They had them 78 for 5 at one point - Australia passed that score for five wickets in all the Tests they played in England.Scaly piscine said:
Some people should really take a good look at a mirror !Scaly piscine said:
Australia v Pakistan 2004/2005:Samuel_Vimes said:
weren't you the one saying stats are everything?C_C said:Pathan.
The guy is 20 years old and has displayed a lot of potential for a 20 year old. But then again, i would expect you to know more about bowling potential than Wasim Akram.
yep thanks of course to his performance in b'lore where the ball swung around a bit. he was averaging 40 in the series prior to that game. i think his performance in SL give a more accurate desciption of his bowling in the sub continent.BoyBrumby said:Assuming Jonah's fit, will we play the extra spinner? If we do I think there's a strong case for Harmy missing out. From memory Hoggy did ok-ish in India last time & we all know Harmy gets a bit weepy if he ventures below South Shields!
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and picking a player who should be playing in tests for ODIs and to make things worse bat him out of position proves so much doesnt it?Scaly piscine said:
