Tom Halsey
International Coach
He is a class bowler in the one day and the test arena.
Richard posted just before me. I was referring to Bond.halsey said:He is a class bowler in the one day and the test arena.
Like it or not, when Muralitharan bowls at his best, no matter how good the batting, he simply is not nullified.Mingster said:Murali was nullified because of good batting by Fleming and Richardson and co.
So now you are just making excuses for every bowler in the SL side. Want me to make an excuse for Bond as well? :rolleyes:
Nope, because I can't remember them all, but doubtless there will be a couple of other significant ones.He was dropped, yes. But that's cricket. You aren't going to go through all of the New Zealanders' innings and point out missed chances are you?
That is the same with any bowler. Warne, McGrath, Pollock...not just Murali.Richard said:Like it or not, when Muralitharan bowls at his best, no matter how good the batting, he simply is not nullified.
Because to nullify Murali at his best is not possible. Yes, Fleming and Richardson played well, but had Murali bowled at his optimum they would still not have scored many runs.
The conditions suited Murali and he bowled well. But Fleming just found a way of nullifing him. you can basically pad him if you are a leftie because you wont get LBW because his balls are usually turning too much.Richard said:Like it or not, when Muralitharan bowls at his best, no matter how good the batting, he simply is not nullified.
Because to nullify Murali at his best is not possible. Yes, Fleming and Richardson played well, but had Murali bowled at his optimum they would still not have scored many runs.
What exactly is this a table of?Neil Pickup said:JN Gillespie - 189 @ 25.24
DS Lehmann - 7 @ 25.71
GD McGrath - 430 @ 21.71
SK Warne - 491 @ 25.71
R Clarke - 4 @ 15.00
RL Johnson - 16 @ 17.18
A McGrath - 4 @ 14.00
MJ Saggers - 3 @ 20.66
SE Bond - 43 @ 24.30
JDP Oram - 22 @ 23.18
MH Richardson - 1 @ 17.00
Shabbir Ahmed - 33 @ 21.78
Shoaib Akhtar - 118 @ 23.41
Waqar Younis - 373 @ 23.56
AC Dawson - 5 @ 23.40
SM Pollock - 326 @ 21.14
DJ Terbrugge - 20 @ 21.20
MS Atapattu - 1 @ 24.00
WRS de Silva - 7 @ 20.85
KHRK Fernando - 4 @ 27.00
M Muralitharan - 485 @ 22.94
JJC Lawson - 29 @ 24.51
Shoaib is the only other that wasn't named to have >100 at <27.
halsey said:What exactly is this a table of?
Think it all the people who average below a certain number in one of the forms of cricket. That is about as vague as I can make ithalsey said:What exactly is this a table of?
But shouldnt you do a table for those that have bowled more then 2000 balls be more significant?Neil Pickup said:JN Gillespie - 189 @ 25.24
DS Lehmann - 7 @ 25.71
GD McGrath - 430 @ 21.71
SK Warne - 491 @ 25.71
R Clarke - 4 @ 15.00
RL Johnson - 16 @ 17.18
A McGrath - 4 @ 14.00
MJ Saggers - 3 @ 20.66
SE Bond - 43 @ 24.30
JDP Oram - 22 @ 23.18
MH Richardson - 1 @ 17.00
Shabbir Ahmed - 33 @ 21.78
Shoaib Akhtar - 118 @ 23.41
Waqar Younis - 373 @ 23.56
AC Dawson - 5 @ 23.40
SM Pollock - 326 @ 21.14
DJ Terbrugge - 20 @ 21.20
MS Atapattu - 1 @ 24.00
WRS de Silva - 7 @ 20.85
KHRK Fernando - 4 @ 27.00
M Muralitharan - 485 @ 22.94
JJC Lawson - 29 @ 24.51
Shoaib is the only other that wasn't named to have >100 at <27.
Richardson too.halsey said:Yes, but Attapattu is in there with 1 wicket...confusing...
:rolleyes:Neil Pickup said:And you've never said anything daft? Give him a bit of slack...