M.Di Venuto
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With Mitchell Johnson set to make his debut at the Gabba this week against Sri Lanka, what do people think of this decision? Was it the right one? Or did any of Tait, Bracken or Hilfenhaus deserve a go ahead of Johnson?
One Stat that I was surprised at is Johnson and Hilfy have both played the same number of FC games, being 22. From these games Johnson has 69 wickets and Hilfy has 102, with the respective averages at about 30 and 28. I accept Johnson took a bit longer to find rhythm in FC cricket, but did Hilfys rapid rise deserve selection?
[edit] In addition their respective Strike Rates are 55 and 53.7. Pretty Similar. Also Johnson has bowled 3799 balls, while Hilfy has 5482. Is this a huge consideration? It is a pretty big difference in the workload.
Keeping in mind Hilfy was the most used pace bowler in Australian FC cricket last year. Not sure of the stats there.
Im from Tassie and have seen Hilfy bowl a lot. So I am pretty bias![Stick out tongue :p :p](/forums/styles/planetcricket/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png)
With Mitchell Johnson set to make his debut at the Gabba this week against Sri Lanka, what do people think of this decision? Was it the right one? Or did any of Tait, Bracken or Hilfenhaus deserve a go ahead of Johnson?
One Stat that I was surprised at is Johnson and Hilfy have both played the same number of FC games, being 22. From these games Johnson has 69 wickets and Hilfy has 102, with the respective averages at about 30 and 28. I accept Johnson took a bit longer to find rhythm in FC cricket, but did Hilfys rapid rise deserve selection?
[edit] In addition their respective Strike Rates are 55 and 53.7. Pretty Similar. Also Johnson has bowled 3799 balls, while Hilfy has 5482. Is this a huge consideration? It is a pretty big difference in the workload.
Keeping in mind Hilfy was the most used pace bowler in Australian FC cricket last year. Not sure of the stats there.
Im from Tassie and have seen Hilfy bowl a lot. So I am pretty bias
![Stick out tongue :p :p](/forums/styles/planetcricket/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png)
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