He might, but I'm not convinced it'll mean a whole lot as far as the tour to SA is concerned. He was in "good form" before the tour to SL and Aus at home.
LOL i can't stop laughing: F-1 tracks.Correction We have a damn good bowling line-up who do the job on batting friendly F-1 tracks
Yep very harsh. Puts pressure on all the NZ bowlers too, with him waiting in the wings.Seems to be implied from what Martin was saying yesterday that Bennett will be in the side for the first test, which is very harsh on Arnel imo.
Well I am partial.Hopkins is a better batsman than Watling anyway, particularly in the lower order.
*hides from BJ fanboys*
A better "Shock and Awe" campaign would be to win the toss, bat first and throw Martin as the opening partner of, ummmmmm, anyone, lol.NZ need to hit India with a "Shock and Awe" campaign. Win the toss, bowl first, throw Martin the new ball and a headband, and let him open up a can of mediocrity on their asses.
To further show how **** we are apart from Zaheer:-Reckon' It's a case of the selectors thinking "We're winning anyway, Why make changes in a winning team?. It's a ******** way to look at it IMO.
The truth is we've been relying heavily on one bowler in the form of his life who has previously been a 33-35 bowler for most of his career bar a few awesome spells. Ishant and Sree our other two 'main' pacers are terribly inconsistent and not even Johnson-esque good when they're good.
There is a chance that Zaheer will continue to average <25 for 2-3 more seasons, but the probability of that happening is very minuscule. Chances are he'll go back to being an average bowler. When that happens, We're ****ed.
So, We need to play the likes of Munaf and Praveen who are proven domestic performers until Sree and Ishant regain some sort of form so that when Zaheer gets injured/loses his current form, We have 2 test class bowlers to fall back upon, if not 2 wunderkidz.
Good stats. That's hilarious.Indian bowling figures in 2010:
Zaheer Khan - 34 wickets in 6 games @ 22.7
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H'jan Singh - 25 wickets in 7 games @ 43.24
Ishant Sharma - 22 wickets in 8 games @ 44.72
Pragyan Ojha - 27 wickets in 6 games @ 47.14
Amit Mishra - 15 wickets in 4 games @ 42.2
Abhimanyu Mithun - 6 wickets in 3 games @ 62
Sreesanth - 4 wickets in 2 games @ 58.75