***Official*** India in South Africa

[adharcric]

Are you insane? Better new ball bowlers: Lee, McGrath, Bond, Vaas, Ntini, Pollock.....and about 15 others.

I was specifically talking about ODIs and he is in fact one of the best new-ball bowlers in ODIs on form. Just look at his record in the year or so before the West Indies disaster.

In tests, he is a useful new-ball bowler on form but that's a very rare thing.

 

[Dravid]

55.6 de Wet to Ganguly, FOUR, Excellent straight drive past the bowler and the fielder at mid off

Ganguly looking solid out there. Only wish this match was on TV.

 

[adharcric]

I might get laughed at here, but isn't Munaf Patel a better option to start the bowling than Pathan.

Munaf doesn't really swing the new ball much. He'll get a little swing here and there and get wickets by bowling the right line and getting awkward bounce, but he doesn't really use the shine. He's very good with the old-ball though.

 

[PhoenixFire]

On form, he's India's best new-ball bowler and one of the best in the world. The only reason he's got potential is because he can swing the new ball and bat well in the lower-order.

WHA??


McGrath, Lee, Bond, Pollock, Vaas, Ntini, Bracken, Edwards, Asif, Akhtar, Rana Naved are all better than Pathan

 

[TT Boy]

WHA??


McGrath, Lee, Bond, Pollock, Vaas, Ntini, Bracken, Edwards, Asif, Akhtar, Rana Naved are all better than Pathan

Fidel Edwards?

 

[silentstriker]

I was specifically talking about ODIs and he is in fact one of the best new-ball bowlers in ODIs on form. Just look at his record in the year or so before the West Indies disaster.

In tests, he is a useful new-ball bowler on form but that's a very rare thing.

ODI are over mate, real cricket is about to begin.

 

[silentstriker]

WHA??


McGrath, Lee, Bond, Pollock, Vaas, Ntini, Bracken, Edwards, Asif, Akhtar, Rana Naved are all better than Pathan

Johnny Come Lately or are you just emulating me? I posted a list about three posts ago.

 

[Dravid]

Ganguly has now reached the highest score by an Indian batsman on this current tour. He's beaten Rahul Dravid's 79 in the warm-up one-day at Benoni

Welcome to the team Dada. I was a little on the backfoot about him coming into the team, but I'm happy he is proving me wrong.

 

[silentstriker]

Wow, we might actually post a respectable 300+ total.

 

[marc71178]

Well don't pick him then, if he can't bowl with the new ball or the old one, what use is he?

Score runs at number 8 and field?

 

[adharcric]

WHA??


McGrath, Lee, Bond, Pollock, Vaas, Ntini, Bracken, Edwards, Asif, Akhtar, Rana Naved are all better than Pathan

Not Edwards or Naved. Again, I'm talking about how he bowled from last summer to this summer.

 

[silentstriker]

Welcome to the team Dada. I was a little on the backfoot about him coming into the team, but I'm happy he is proving me wrong.

Same here, especially if he can deliver in tests.

 

[silentstriker]

Score runs at number 8 and field?

Duncan Fletcher would love him! He'd become his favorite player. 0/256, but 37* would cement his place forever.

 

[PhoenixFire]

Johnny Come Lately or are you just emulating me? I posted a list about three posts ago.

I started the post, put my cheese and bacon filled potato skins in the oven, and then carried on with the post.

 

[Dravid]

ODI are over mate, real cricket is about to begin.

Still think he should be given the new ball in the series., use him until the 13 14 over, then just wait until the 80th over to bowl him again.

 

[adharcric]

Score runs at number 8 and field?

He's only a useful version of Ashley Giles.

 

[silentstriker]

I started the post, put my cheese and bacon filled potato skins in the oven, and then carried on with the post.

Right. Sure.

 

[marc71178]

On form, he's India's best new-ball bowler and one of the best in the world.

52 wickets @ 45.21 in 21 Tests suggests otherwise.

 

[TT Boy]

Duncan Fletcher would love him!

Just a shame Pathan is one of the worst and most laziest fielders in world cricket.

 

[silentstriker]

Still think he should be given the new ball in the series., use him until the 13 14 over, then just wait until the 80th over to bowl him again.

If you're going to do that, might as well not bother picking him.