Who should be England's third seamer?

[GIMH]

You've got me there Bun.

 

[wpdavid]

How much FC cricket is Bresnan likely to play before the 1st test?

 

[GIMH]

Unlikely to be much, so its a case of proving he's up to it in the ODIs I guess.

I reckon they'll stick with Broad though, for the first two Tests.

 

[fredfertang]

Kyle Hogg is the man - averaging 14 with the ball this season and a better bat than Broad as well

 

[Jacknife]

Kyle Hogg is the man - averaging 14 with the ball this season and a better bat than Broad as well

Really? I know he's having a good season, this year but he's never really impressed, or stood out to me, I know he has suffered with injuries, over the years, so maybe after getting over that, he might be hitting his peak .
Broad averages more in Test match cricket and also first class cricket than Hogg does but tbh haven't seen that much of Hogg bat.
Maybe he could do with, getting into the Lions side, to see how he goes, in their next games.

 

[Prince EWS]

Really? I know he's having a good season, this year but he's never really impressed, or stood out to me, I know he has suffered with injuries, over the years, so maybe after getting over that, he might be hitting his peak .
Broad averages more in Test match cricket and also first class cricket than Hogg does but tbh haven't seen that much of Hogg bat.
Maybe he could do with, getting into the Lions side, to see how he goes, in their next games.

He wasn't serious.

 

[Jacknife]

He wasn't serious.

Thank **** for that.

 

[fredfertang]

My possibly prospective son in law clearly knows me too well - I wasn't being serious, though am a little surprised Hogg hasn't had a mention if only for the 20/20 side - he's a decent bowler and has a good eye - hits the ball very hard and a bloody long way

 

[FBU]

My possibly prospective son in law clearly knows me too well - I wasn't being serious, though am a little surprised Hogg hasn't had a mention if only for the 20/20 side - he's a decent bowler and has a good eye - hits the ball very hard and a bloody long way

20/20 average 35.25 econ 8.95

I wouldn't mind seeing him batting higher up the order for Lancs

 

[Jacknife]

My possibly prospective son in law clearly knows me too well - I wasn't being serious, though am a little surprised Hogg hasn't had a mention if only for the 20/20 side - he's a decent bowler and has a good eye - hits the ball very hard and a bloody long way

I remember years ago, when he was coming through the ranks, he was being touted as a possible England bowler but sort of, fell by the way side, through one thing or another.

 

[fredfertang]

I remember years ago, when he was coming through the ranks, he was being touted as a possible England bowler but sort of, fell by the way side, through one thing or another.

Like father like son

 

[Burgey]

Venkatesh Prasad, apparently.

 

[GIMH]

 

[marc71178]

Venkatesh Prasad, apparently.

No, you've got it wrong. It's Irfan Pathan. At least he doesn't have a record of failure against India so he might turn good (unlike ALL other nations who aren't Bangladesh or Zimbabwe)

 

[GIMH]

Bit harsh marc. It's not his fault that his only good form came against **** teams. Pure coincidence.

 

[Cevno]

Yeah,everybody averages 11 against Bangladesh except Broad who just misses out by averaging 4 times more. Poor fellow!!

How dare he be compared to similar or lesser averaging bowlers when he is just the next reincarnation of Malcolm Marshall masquerading as a Englishman/Woman?

 

[PhoenixFire]

@ Cevno

I'm not nearly as biased as GIMH (not saying much I know), but I really haven't come across many people here at all who rate Broad as highly as you claim, so just pipe down.

 

[Cevno]

The fact that people think a comparison to Irfan Pathan or Venkatesh Prasad based on what Broad has done so far in his career is laughable ,seems to suggest that they are overrrating him very highly for some reason in terms of his bowling.

 

[centurymaker]

Don't know why people are having a go at a decent bowler like Broad. He's only had 3 bad tests...1 bad series thats it!!

 

[Cevno]

No one has had a go at him except maybe Bun.

But some people can't seem to come to accept the fact that he may be slightly behind or even equal to some Indian bowlers and not clearly better as they were claiming for a year or more now.
They are all in the same ball park.