He had pace but most of the time he served up pure tripe. His last test match is a pretty good example of that.
Gillespie has potential though. I hope he comes back hard. The biggest issue I had with him is he always seemed to have a niggle and always bowled a four ball every over. That spell he bowled in the T20 world cup was brilliant though. At the time I think it was the best figures. From memory he bowled a pretty good spell against Australia and I remember him winning us an ODI with the bat french cutting down to the boundary. I really want to see him do well. We could do with another quickish bowler.
As for Bond, first game back i'm not expecting him to destroy, I just hope he gets through his four overs and bowled well. Even if he goes for 12's he's still my favorite. SL might try to target him. Who knows.
Totally agree about the comments about our media.
Gillespie has potential though. I hope he comes back hard. The biggest issue I had with him is he always seemed to have a niggle and always bowled a four ball every over. That spell he bowled in the T20 world cup was brilliant though. At the time I think it was the best figures. From memory he bowled a pretty good spell against Australia and I remember him winning us an ODI with the bat french cutting down to the boundary. I really want to see him do well. We could do with another quickish bowler.
As for Bond, first game back i'm not expecting him to destroy, I just hope he gets through his four overs and bowled well. Even if he goes for 12's he's still my favorite. SL might try to target him. Who knows.
Totally agree about the comments about our media.
I was at that game when he french cut his way to 20 odd, best game ever. I do remember him bowling really well in the 06-07 CB series. The Australian commentators really rated him.
and do butler bowl fast. i have never seen him go past 140ks maybe i have not seen him at all then :doh