Stephen Harmison or Dominic Cork?

[Pup Clarke]

Richard,why don't you just ignore him and that way he might eventually tire and go away?.

 

[Richard]

Absolutely no chance whatsoever of that, as I've already stated elsewhere.

 

[Pup Clarke]

Maybe you have to change your ways in order for BL to go away.

 

[Richard]

Haha, you think his ways are proportional to mine?

That's so crazy I can't believe anyone seriously suggests it.

 

[Pup Clarke]

No I didn't mean that.I meant that by changing your ways and maybe ignoring BL you might get somewhere instead of the constent things you say which he won't take in.I feel ignoring him will be the best option.

 

[Richard]

He doesn't take anything in, he just keeps posting his idiotic nonsense on here. Nothing anyone says or does has ever changed that. It's been going on for over 3 years now.

 

[Swervy]

I think it depends which Dom Cork & which Harmy we're referring too. If both were at their absolute bests I'd have to go for Harmy, but Cork was more likely to be able to bowl at something approaching his best.

IMHO Corky got carried away & seemed to be striving to be a genuine quick; he was a very decent fast/medium swing bowler but for a period seemed to get it into his head that he had to try to blast batsmen out.

On balance I'm voting for Cork on the grounds that he was also a genuine test 8, the value of which is underrated at times.

I am pretty much with you on this one. At his best (and even when he doesnt take wickets, and bowling well, he is a handful) Harmison by a distance.

Re Cork, I wouldnt even go so far to say very decent...just decent. Maybe what edges it for me right at the moment is what is going on up in the brain of Harmison, who seems to be very much a confidence bowler, if it aint right in the ol' grey matter, then he loses it. Cork had (misplaced??) confidence which meant no matter what the situation he always thought he could win, which goes a long way.

I think Harmison can redeem himself to be honest. he is a frustrating bowler, but he undoubtedly has something about him when firing. I think with Cork, he was the type of bowler who may well have just been smashed all over the place given the way teams play these days..but I guess that is merely guesswork on my part.

 

[Swervy]

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

bloody hell, let it go will you

 

[Richard]

I am pretty much with you on this one. At his best (and even when he doesnt take wickets, and bowling well, he is a handful) Harmison by a distance.

Re Cork, I wouldnt even go so far to say very decent...just decent. Maybe what edges it for me right at the moment is what is going on up in the brain of Harmison, who seems to be very much a confidence bowler, if it aint right in the ol' grey matter, then he loses it. Cork had (misplaced??) confidence which meant no matter what the situation he always thought he could win, which goes a long way.

I think Harmison can redeem himself to be honest. he is a frustrating bowler, but he undoubtedly has something about him when firing. I think with Cork, he was the type of bowler who may well have just been smashed all over the place given the way teams play these days..but I guess that is merely guesswork on my part.

And Harmison would probably have been smashed all over the park in the 1990s, too...

Seriously, people are never going to give-up on this "Harmison's mind isn't right" nonsense, it seems. Why can't you just accept you misjudged him, and that he's nowhere near as talented as everyone hailed him in early 2004?

 

[Richard]

bloody hell, let it go will you

Old news.

 

[Swervy]

Old news.

yeah you are right

 

[Swervy]

And Harmison would probably have been smashed all over the park in the 1990s, too...

Seriously, people are never going to give-up on this "Harmison's mind isn't right" nonsense, it seems. Why can't you just accept you misjudged him, and that he's nowhere near as talented as everyone hailed him in early 2004?

why did you start a thread asking for peoples opinions, and then when someone dares think differently to you, you just basically dismiss it as nonsense.

case of Richard loving the sound of his own keyboard typing again

 

[Majin]

Corky, by all accounts the better player. Also love the way you get the sense he'd always be ready to get stuck in, unlike Harmy who half the time looks like he can't be arsed.

I can't believe Richard is only in his early 20's...thought he was a middle aged bloke. xD

 

[STRAIGHT BREAKS]

I can't believe Richard is only in his early 20's...thought he was a middle aged bloke. xD

Ouch.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Harmison.

Though I'm biased as the only thing I've heard of Corky is ICC and some rather dismal stuff for Lancs.

 

[Scaly piscine]

He doesn't take anything in, he just keeps posting his idiotic nonsense on here. Nothing anyone says or does has ever changed that. It's been going on for over 3 years now.

You shouldn't be so harsh on yourself, especially in third person.


Never pass on an open goal.

 

[shortpitched713]

Hah, what a ridiculous thread. Neither of them have been much really. I'll just give it to Cork though because Harmison can just look so uniquely dire.

 

[open365]

Who'd you more rather you had in your team?

Imo, Cork.

Harmison is a one trick pony and that trick only really works when the pitch is in his favour or the batsmen and just crap, if he isn't getting steep bounce or pace of the pitch he looses a lot of his weaponary and doesn't have the accuracy to back it up.

Cork is a bowler who as a captain you could throw the ball to and know he'd give you everything and had the ability to take quick wickets(more so than Steve), he had a fantastc attitude and could bat a bit at number 8.

Cork for me.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Who'd you more rather you had in your team?

Imo, Cork.

Harmison is a one trick pony and that trick only really works when the pitch is in his favour or the batsmen and just crap, if he isn't getting steep bounce or pace of the pitch he looses a lot of his weaponary and doesn't have the accuracy to back it up.

Cork is a bowler who as a captain you could throw the ball to and know he'd give you everything and had the ability to take quick wickets(more so than Steve), he had a fantastc attitude and could bat a bit at number 8.

Cork for me.

As a bowler I'd rather have Harmison. Cork's record is marginally better, but he's had much easier conditions and weaker batting to go up against on average. He's played a very high proportion of games at home which also makes his record better and Cork only has a decent bowling average against two teams, fortunately for him they were the two teams he played the most by a margin.

In the end Cork needs the conditions to help just as much as Harmison.

 

[Richard]

You shouldn't be so harsh on yourself, especially in third person.


Never pass on an open goal.

Or a chance to make a stupid comment.