***Official*** England in Sri Lanka

[Perm]

Possibly against certain types of batsmen - I know plenty of batsmen who'd murder such bowling. Not these Lankans, though, perhaps.

If the bouncer is accurate and quick then it's almost hard to play than the yorker, because of the surprise factor.

 

[Matt79]

In which case spinners just shouldn't be picked.

If someone cannot bowl spells of <4-an-over they shouldn't be playing really.

Not in modern ODIs, with short boundaries and rocket bats its not. 5 per over is the new 4 IMO.

 

[The_Bunny]

Collingwoods bowling seems to be getting alot better of late.
Broad has impressed since i first saw him imo.

 

[Perm]

FFS, Mubarak is crap.

1 from 2. What a superstar, shouldn't be anywhere near the side.

 

[Richard]

Haha, you've got such a weak stomach.

Yes, true, but that's a slightly different matter to the old avatar case.

 

[gettingbetter]

Collignwood is now equal 8th for ODI wicket takers for England.

Congratulations to him. But an indictment for English ODI cricket?

 

[Richard]

Not in modern ODIs, with short boundaries and rocket bats its not. 5 per over is the new 4 IMO.

I think it has more to do with crap bowlers than short boundaries, TBH, but you all know that anyway.

5-an-over is still a shockingly poor economy-rate.

 

[Athlai]

Not in modern ODIs, with short boundaries and rocket bats its not. 5 per over is the new 4 IMO.

AWTA but they should always be aiming for the 4 mark which is the new 3.

 

[Perm]

5 is still poor. Anything under 4.8 is acceptable, while anything under 4.6 is good IMO.

 

[Athlai]

I think it has more to do with crap bowlers than short boundaries, TBH, but you all know that anyway.

5-an-over is still a shockingly poor economy-rate.

You'd be hard pressed to find to many bowlers with better than it in the last year or so. Bracken, Bond, Pollock are the only bowlers that come to mind that may have traditionally good economy rates, other than that its been a run fest.

 

[Athlai]

5 is still poor. Anything under 4.8 is acceptable, while anything under 4.6 is good IMO.

Under 5 acceptable, under 4.5 good for me while under 3.5 is simply brilliant.

 

[Perm]

You'd be hard pressed to find to many bowlers with better than it in the last year or so. Bracken, Bond, Pollock are the only bowlers that come to mind that may have traditionally good economy rates, other than that its been a run fest.

Abdur Razzak, Mashrafe Mortaza, Syed Rasel, Brad Hogg, Makhaya Ntini, Chaminda Vaas, Muttiah Muralitharan. Just to name a few.

 

[Richard]

You'd be hard pressed to find to many bowlers with better than it in the last year or so. Bracken, Bond, Pollock are the only bowlers that come to mind that may have traditionally good economy rates, other than that its been a run fest.

Ritchie named a few more, but even if there weren't any it'd just say that there were few good bowlers at the current time, nothing else.

 

[Matt79]

Meh - Broad letting himself down a bit with his last over. Those short balls weren't well-directed, and worse, were becoming predictable. It, like a low full toss, has to be used judiciously, because if the batsman knows its coming its like donuts for cops.

 

[chaminda_00]

Finally some gives Broad a bit of smacking, bowled too well today for my liking. Will play in the Test come December.

 

[Matt79]

5 per over equals 250 - unless the pitch really favours bowlers, thats not a winning score in ODIs these days.

I get the feeling this pitch is getting slower and slower, so England might find this total a big hard to chase.

 

[chaminda_00]

Meh - Broad letting himself down a bit with his last over. Those short balls weren't well-directed, and worse, were becoming predictable. It, like a low full toss, has to be used judiciously, because if the batsman knows its coming its like donuts for cops.

Pretty sure Maharoof just closes his eyes and swings that this stage of the innings. Wouldn't matter if they were full tossers or bouncers.

 

[Richard]

5 per over equals 250 - unless the pitch really favours bowlers, thats not a winning score in ODIs these days.

That's because bowling-attacks are currently not good enough to defend it.

 

[chaminda_00]

5 per over equals 250 - unless the pitch really favours bowlers, thats not a winning score in ODIs these days.

You got take in account that most 4th, 5th and 6th bowling options go for 5.5 to 7 an over. So you need to main bowlers to keep it under 5 an over.

 

[Richard]

Anderson still waiting for his 1st ODI wicket in SL.