Are we heading into a bowler dominated era?

[aussie_ben91]

In the next few years the likes of Ponting, Hayden, Tendulkar, Dravid, Mohammad Yousuf, Younis Khan, Kallis, Chanderpaul, etc will retire.

Only Pietersen and to an extent, Graeme Smith & Virender Sehwag will be the only batsman averaging around 50 in Test Cricket left.

The number of young talented bowlers seems to be outnumbering the young talented batsman greatly.

Ishant Sharma
Ifran Pathan
RP Singh
Tim Southee
Peter Siddle
Mohammad Asif
Stuart Broad

 

[Cricketdude]

Bowlers peak before batsmen do so dont expect to much until a few years, Phil hughes maybe captain of Aus one day.

 

[SciD]

Cricket is batsman game but being bowler I love it to be other way around. Unfortunately the wickets these days hardly give assistance to bowlers and its ineffectiveness of batters to remain patient that results in them being poor scorers.

I think 20-20 has made batsman even more impatient in both test and ODIS.

 

[irottev]

This Siddle guy won't be playing much international cricket if his record is to go by. Injury record that is. His bowling record is impressive, but is he going to be a Shane Watson?

 

[shravi]

In the next few years the likes of Ponting, Hayden, Tendulkar, Dravid, Mohammad Yousuf, Younis Khan, Kallis, Chanderpaul, etc will retire.

Only Pietersen and to an extent, Graeme Smith & Virender Sehwag will be the only batsman averaging around 50 in Test Cricket left.

The number of young talented bowlers seems to be outnumbering the young talented batsman greatly.

Ishant Sharma
Ifran Pathan
RP Singh
Tim Southee
Peter Siddle
Mohammad Asif
Stuart Broad

What!? I think not.

 

[sohum]

I don't think so. I haven't seen too many impressive bowlers, or bowlers who look like they can become legends. Of course, it's pretty hard to see at the beginning so we'd have to wait a couple of years.

As for batsmen, from the Indian point of view, there are plenty lined up and waiting for opportunities. For example Manoj Tiwary, Subramaniam Badrinath, Chetashwara Pujara and Virat Kohli have all been greatly touted and are just waiting for the opportunities.

 

[SciD]

This Siddle guy won't be playing much international cricket if his record is to go by. Injury record that is. His bowling record is impressive, but is he going to be a Shane Watson?

Or Shane Bond.

I hated that the guy got injured so often. He could have had much greater record had he been fit.

 

[aussie_ben91]

Siddle punked out Brett Lee in the Pura Cup final.

Virender Sehwag averages over 50 in Test Cricket.

Cricket is not a batsman's game, it is a bowlers game. Remember, a batsman only gets 1 chance, a bowler gets unlimited chances.

Hopefully the new batch of young bowlers kills out the Twenty20 by making it a more of a bowlers dominated game.

 

[sohum]

Cricket is not a batsman's game, it is a bowlers game. Remember, a batsman only gets 1 chance, a bowler gets unlimited chances.

Nah, mate. Cricket is a batsman's game. Test cricket is less so, but you still get so many flat tracks that bowlers will soon have to start burning effigies.

 

[aussie_ben91]

I don't think so. I haven't seen too many impressive bowlers, or bowlers who look like they can become legends. Of course, it's pretty hard to see at the beginning so we'd have to wait a couple of years.

Ishant Sharma?! Tim Southee?!

 

[sohum]

Ishant Sharma?! Tim Southee?!

No. One series doesn't make you great. Irfan Pathan, Zaheer Khan and Munaf Patel all had impressive first series'. Look how they dwindled.

 

[aussie_ben91]

Nah, mate. Cricket is a batsman's game. Test cricket is less so, but you still get so many flat tracks that bowlers will soon have to start burning effigies.

I fail to see how it is, regardless of the conditions.

If we played on the exact opposite to flat tracks then teams would be bowled out for scores of 50 or under and the game would be over in 2 days and the game would be like playing a game of baseball.

No matter what era, a good bowler averages under 25 with the ball and a good batsman averages over 50 with the bat.

It just takes 1 ball for the batsman to get out and that's the end of his day. It's not as if once a bowler gets hit for a four that that is the end of his day, is it?

No. One series doesn't make you great. Irfan Pathan, Zaheer Khan and Munaf Patel all had impressive first series'. Look how they dwindled.

The bowling prospects in World Cricket are looking better then the batting ones.

 

[smssia0112]

This Siddle guy won't be playing much international cricket if his record is to go by. Injury record that is. His bowling record is impressive, but is he going to be a Shane Watson?

Difference is that Siddle can bowl. Watson was always a batsman who can throw down a few overs but Siddle is a genuinely good young bowler.

The way that the rules and new forms are being tilted towards batting sides to force faster batting and higher scores makes the prospect of a bowling era unlikely, but poorer batsmen could help even it out.

 

[aussie_ben91]

It could be labelled the era where bowlers learnt how to bowl on flat decks.

 

[sohum]

I fail to see how it is, regardless of the conditions.

If we played on the exact opposite to flat tracks then teams would be bowled out for scores of 50 or under and the game would be over in 2 days and the game would be like playing a game of baseball.

No matter what era, a good bowler averages under 25 with the ball and a good batsman averages over 50 with the bat.

It just takes 1 ball for the batsman to get out and that's the end of his day. It's not as if once a bowler gets hit for a four that that is the end of his day, is it?

Yes, but the batsman gets far more opportunity to get something productive done with each ball. Sure, it takes 1 ball to get you out, but if the pitch isn't doing something and the batsman is good enough, it doesn't matter how many balls you bowl. And the point is that the pitches are getting better.