According to some early season reports he has been bowling very quickly with a good deal of bounce and has looked good this morning from the few overs he has bowled. I really do hope that he does pick up quite a few wickets, he makes the whole England team look more deadly when he is bowling well.
They are to show support for the little girl that was taken from her apartment in Spain/Portugal.
For the little kid that went missing in Portugal. Was going to have a rant on it, but thought it might be distasteful.
Haha me too....
Oh OK, thanks (it was Portugal in fact). They're doing something at the Cup Final later, I gather.
His first season is hardly a good measure, though. Prior has been playing first class cricket for 6 years.Richard said:
It defies logic though to actually hold the similarities against Prior, merely because Jones failed. Unless the fact that Jones was an instant success and scored a quickfire hundred against a poor attack was actually part of the reason for his demise, then it really makes no sense to say "Don't get excited - look what happened to Jones." Jones's demise was caused by his dire shot selection - something we've yet to see from Prior, so to draw comparisons negatively would be completely unfair and unnecessarily pessimistic (and yes, I know you hold the opinion that pessimism is usually a good idea - but it comes a time where it's OTT and unnecessary). First class statistics tell us that Prior is a significantly better batsman than Jones to begin with, which is reason enough to wipe the Jones case from our heads - not to mention the fact that Prior has better footwork and better shot selection than Jones anyway.Richard said:
He's always had an excellent technique but has struggled to convert it into actual runs for the most part. His results have improved since his last recall though - expecting him to score a few here.
He is a class player, an average of 27 hardly reflects that unfortunately.
but you have to expect some stick given you track record of bringing up times when others have maybe got things a bit wrong. You tend to make judgements based not on watching, but what has tended to happen in the past to other players (an example is this discussion about the comparison between Prior and Jones, when in fact there is NO comparison). You did it a couple of years back about Alastair Cook as well.
What about Andrew Symonds Test century?
Well, the latter would still make the former true. Out of the attack now - not surprising.
