No, he should hopefully be hit out of ODI cricket before too long.
Why the anti-Hauritz stance? He's not going to rip through a side but he's definitely the best choice for Australia at the moment and he's been performing very consistently since being picked again.
He doesn't take enough wickets in ODIs, and you know how much Richard values wickets.
Undoubtedly the best short-form spinner in the country and undoubtedly currently worthy of a place but I don't feel he's the sort of bowler who good batsmen should be tied down by - he has neither the spin, pace, flatness nor variation to be bowling at less than 70 mph and being successful in ODIs. I'd say good batting will see him go for plenty.
He currently holds the role of second spinner for India, behind Harbhajan Singh. Although I feel that it is right that the veteran who will keep things tight is given preference as first spinner, I do feel that Mishra is actually a slightly better ODI bowler and has the potential to be a stalwart in the India ODI team for years to come.
Yep. Should have chosen him ahead of Harbhajan in the Champions Trophy earlier games IMO as I said at the time but the likelihood of that happening was next to zero. Will be interesting to see how the two spinners do in the series v Australia, a team against whom Harbhajan is generally strong.
That's a bit of a myth though.. His ODI record against Australia sucks, period.
Haha, wow. I actually had no idea that his record against Australia in ODIs is so poor; an average of almost 50 from 28 games, which is even worse inside India. I guess it's just easy to assume that since he goes well against them in Tests that it'd be replicated in ODIs.
Economy of 4.65 against Australia is still pretty solid though. Tbh, through some intropolation, it is evident thar he gets through 9-0-43-1 on average, which is not terrible.
I'm also confident he won't. His record since his return earlier this year is decent enough (it certainly wasn't before then), yes, but precious few have ever achieved long-term success bowling in the manner he has bowled in that time, so I don't think it's too much to ask that Hauritz won't break that mould.
I'm not sure I agree with this at all. Sure, the overall figures (economy-rate 4.65, average 48.54) aren't good, but in reality on a game-by-game basis it's not really too bad. He's played 28 games against Australia (didn't bowl once), of which I'd say only 9 could be classed as genuine shockers (ie he's conceded 5.2-an-over or more). 19 decent-to-good games out of 27 is more than acceptable in my book.
