Stephen Harmison or Dominic Cork?

[Richard]

I was only 11, too, TBH, I've just found-out that sort of stuff by reading back. I do remember, fairly vaguely, hearing something of that sort being said in midsummer 1996, though clearly at 11 you can't quite fully appreciate the exact meaning. But I took more note of Cork stuff than most, he was always my favourite bowler, I modelled myself on him indeed.

 

[Pup Clarke]

Dickinson's action >>>>>>Cork

 

[Richard]

?

 

[Pup Clarke]

The action just looked highly amusing IMO...Nothing like Cork's.

 

[Richard]

It looks far more like his than most - it's not an exact copy, no, but that'd be almost impossible.

 

[Pup Clarke]

I could pick a thousand faults in it too...

 

[Richard]

Well the head-position is hardly first-rate, there's trainers on instead of bowling boots, and there's probably hoes in tha parking-lot too, but I can't think of much else.

And nice EDIT too.

 

[Pup Clarke]

Shirt not tucked in.

 

[Richard]

If there's one thing I hate more than bowling with no wristband, it's having a shirt tucked-in.

To my knowledge, I've never tucked a shirt of mine in in my life.

 

[Pup Clarke]

If there's one thing I hate more than bowling with no wristband, it's having a shirt tucked-in.

Each to his own suppose.My cricket coach keeps telling us to tuck in our shirts as it looks more "professional".

 

[Hoppy1987]

Cork never made it to best bowler in the world!

 

[Richard]

Neither did Harmison. He was just ranked #1 by one of the most inappropriately-named systems in history.

It should also be noted that Harmison's competition was the like of Pedro Collins and Andre Nel; Cork's were Curtley Ambrose and Allan Donald.

 

[Richard]

Each to his own suppose.My cricket coach keeps telling us to tuck in our shirts as it looks more "professional".

I've probably been told that by 1 or 2 people; it just doesn't go with me, TBH. I look even more awful with my shirt tucked-in than I do with a tie on.

 

[Pup Clarke]

It should also be noted that Harmison's competition was the like of Pedro Collins and Andre Nel; Cork's were Curtley Ambrose and Allan Donald.

What do you mean by Harmison's competition?.

 

[Richard]

Bowlers who were in the currently-in-form rankings at the same time.

And Nel and Collins, excellent bowlers though they are (and both definitively better than Harmison) are not a patch on Ambrose and Donald.

 

[Pup Clarke]

Collins and Nel were near the top of the test rankings in 2004?.

 

[Jamee999]

To my knowledge, I've never tucked a shirt of mine in in my life.

Didn't you go to school?

Anyhow, I agree with Brumby.

Harmy's best > Corky's best
Corky's normal performance > Harmy's normal performance

 

[STRAIGHT BREAKS]

Harmisson in a walk.

 

[Richard]

Collins and Nel were near the top of the test rankings in 2004?.

Can't remember, and it doesn't really matter if they were, TBH - they were just two of the first names of reasonably good bowlers who came to my mind who were playing around that time (though both had only just established their credentials).

Bear in mind, this was around the time McGrath was missing most cricket with a long-term injury, Pollock had been on the decline for 2 or 3 years, and India were going into Tests with attacks like Pathan-Khan-Nehra, Pakistan with the likes of Sami-Fazl-e-Akbar, New Zealand the likes of Tuffey-Oram-Butler, and Sri Lanka were opening the bowling with fingerspinners. It'd not be hard to argue that that was around the lowest point of this 7-year low of seam-bowling talent.

 

[Richard]

Harmisson in a walk.

You don't count, otherwise we might as well put 50 votes - 1 for each of your accounts - on.