Not particularly, his pace and swing are lethal with a new ball and he gets an early wicket more often than not, but in Tests he lacks the ability to tie somebody down for a period of time and really build pressure, and obviously won't be able to get wickets from batsmen throwing the bat at him like they have to in one dayers. He's a great luxury to have as a reserve bowler, and could probably be used to remove the sameness of our bowling attack if the need comes, but at the moment we're fine without himsachin said:
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squiz
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Noffke will never get a game for Australia, Shaun Tait, Nathan Bracken and Mick Lewis will all get a game before him if they do get a game
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sachin
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I don't think he deserves to be in either the ODI side or Test side.And i'm not just saying this because i don't like him just that Kasper has bowled better.
squiz
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OMG, he is probably the best One Day Bowler in the world ATM! He would easily make any ODI side in the world ATM
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I'm talking about Brett Lee
adthomp
International Cricketer
lol all over the papers here about Aussies don't like gloating pommies
they can't talk the aust side is the worse sledges and arrogant of all countries
i just hope england don't win every match but the final things i don't like about this series. South Africa will guilty of doing this against aust all the time
they can't talk the aust side is the worse sledges and arrogant of all countries
i just hope england don't win every match but the final things i don't like about this series. South Africa will guilty of doing this against aust all the time
m_vaughan
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Easier said that done buddy.sachin said:
The Australian batting hasnt been too bad so far actually. Its been the bowling that has been disappointing. McGrath, Gillespie and Kasper have all been outpaced by the English bowlers (
), so bring Lee into the side will add variety in terms of extra pace to the bowling attack. Kasper and Gillespie are two fantastic bowlers, but I think Kasper will lose his place to Lee.I thought the Australians batted pretty well on Sunday, and had it not been for one Mr. Harmison, they could have scored around 280-290. Hayden was looking good and it took Collingwood to produce the catch of the century to dismiss him.
As far as England are concerned, its good to have Giles back. I know he is no Warne or Murali, but believe me he is crucial to the England side. Also I dint see the point of playing Solanki at number 8 anyways. Solanki is a good batsman but there are a bit too many good batsmen for England at the moment.
So with Symonds, Lee and Giles back, I reckon another its gonna be another close encounter between the two sides.
Vaughan might not play as he is injured, which means Solanki might get another game.
My predicitons on the team lineups:
Aussies - Hayden, Gilchrist, Ponting, Martyn, Clarke, Hussey, Symonds, Hogg, Lee, Gillespie, McGrath
Pommies - Tresco, Straussy, Vaughanie/Solanki, Flintoff, Collingwood, Pieterson, Jones, Giles, Gough, Tremlett, Harmison
Result: Another England win
adthomp
International Cricketer
angryangy said:McGrath should be able to carry on until he is about 40, his 8/24 performance against Pakistan suggests he is still well at his peak.
Gillespie looked very flat over the weekend, his bowling was wayward, with little bite and his fielding was not too flash either. Perhaps he had a few with Symonds.
I'm certainly not Brett Lee's biggest fan, but an ODI bowling average of 22.17 suggests he is quite a good performer in one dayers and you adthomp are speaking blind rhetoric.
Brett Lee has hardly played against any good oppents yet to face england the NEW england that is who are very good
symonds_sixes
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yay! Australia win!!! and as I said in another thread
"Well I think Symonds will destroy the English attack today. *just you watch*"
and he got man of the match
"Well I think Symonds will destroy the English attack today. *just you watch*"
and he got man of the match
symonds_sixes said:yay! Australia win!!! and as I said in another thread
"Well I think Symonds will destroy the English attack today. *just you watch*"
and he got man of the match
Completely deserved to.
Needs a haricut though :boxing
symonds_sixes
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hehe
England were lucky to run him out because if they didn't, I've seen Symonds hit the ball out the WACA (against Pakistan I think) and that is no easy task:hpraise and I also think that Watson shouldn't be in the side and I'm not a huge fan of Hussey either. He is only good at batting at the top of the order because he can't score fast by big hitting only by good running. Ummmmmmm and Martyn has been scoring fairly slowly in recent times in ODI's although he scored very quickly in India. The thing I have noticed in the Natwest series this year is that there has been little sideways movement and swing which I think is a very good thing for an ODI but I love to see both sideways movement and swing in test matches as they make it more interesting to watch particularly when your side is bowling. Just my 2 cents
England were lucky to run him out because if they didn't, I've seen Symonds hit the ball out the WACA (against Pakistan I think) and that is no easy task:hpraise and I also think that Watson shouldn't be in the side and I'm not a huge fan of Hussey either. He is only good at batting at the top of the order because he can't score fast by big hitting only by good running. Ummmmmmm and Martyn has been scoring fairly slowly in recent times in ODI's although he scored very quickly in India. The thing I have noticed in the Natwest series this year is that there has been little sideways movement and swing which I think is a very good thing for an ODI but I love to see both sideways movement and swing in test matches as they make it more interesting to watch particularly when your side is bowling. Just my 2 cents
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