Sorry England...but your no chance in hell

[remind]

My view on current English side, yes their comeback aganist SA was good, but the so was Australia's in both tests so far aganist Pakistan. The big edge Australia has at the moment is it doesn't rely on 3 or 4 players, if Hayden fails Langer makes runs, if pointing fails Martyn makes runs, if Gillespie is not bowling well Mc Grath and Kaspa will and then add the best Spinner ever and the best Batsmen-wicketkepper (not wicketkeeper- batemen) ever, and you find it all but impossible to beat them over 4 or 5 days. This has been proven in 2004, four sides they played all won a session or two, but could not sustain it as Australia would not let them.
And it will continue, for you non Australians, watch out for a bowler called C Tait, batsmen called Hodge, spinner called White.

But lets hope England does put up a fight, as it does get boring.

 

[brad352]

And it will continue, for you non Australians, watch out for a bowler called C Tait, batsmen called Hodge, spinner called White.

Cam White is useless

 

[Don786]

Sorry Mate, but I wouldnt be boasting about Harbhajan, Kumble is a far better blower than he'll ever be, plus he doesn't let batsmen upset and make him loose concentration.
Actually I though that English team had already been to Inida and beat them, in 2003!!

i think that series was in dec 2001-feb 2002. India won test series by 1-0( kumble-harbhajan took 32 wicktes between them) and oneday series was drawan 3-3.

this s the series when ashley giels was bowling sachin on the pads. but sachin scored 307 run with the average of 76 in three tests

 

[Stephen Bailey]

Didn't we have a understrength side for that series, because a number of players wanted to be at home for christmas or somthing like that, we had Richard Dawson, James Ormond and James Foster playing in the first test, Andrew Flintoff and Craig White batting at 6 and 7 and yes while White hit a century in the second test, wasn't exactly the most frightening batting line up you've ever seen was it?

Plus, in 2 of the 3 tests we had a lead at the end of the first innings, but not gone on to win, which is the main area where we've improved, instead of bottling it, we've had a few players go out and put in match winning performances.

 

[sachin]

Cam White is useless

cam white is not useless.more victorians up for selection 2005

 

[Jarryd]

Cam White is useless

And a better young spinner is?

 

[brad352]

And a better young spinner is?

We don't have anyone thats significantly better, thats the problem

 

[Jarryd]

You keep forgetting, Cam White is 20 YEARS OLD! Spinners usually peak around 30-34. He has AGES yet.

 

[sachin]

cam for captain!nah but hopefully a tes birth in the next five six years.

 

[ZoraxDoom]

And a better young spinner is?

Nathan Hauritz? I mean dissmising Tendulkar and Laxman on debut.........but he is not really better, just another option........

first of all Bradman never faced Akhthar or greats like Harbhajan, Kumble or Murlidharan. i doubt if he ever faced any good spin bowlers. i think he never played in India, Pakistan or Srilanka. maybe that s why he avr more then 99 less then 100. mostly he played those english bowlers. then how can u say he s the greatest. i think Sir G Sobers was the greatest batsman of all time. he played everywhere. and scored runs. Don Bradman was good batsman but he wasnt great.

Actually Bradman played all types fluently. Remember- he played in the time of Underarm Lobbers, Lobsters for short. He also played against all types of bowling on all types of pitches and dominated them. His only slight weakness was Wrist Spin, and no blaming him, it was quite new then. In fact, when he got out at 0 needing 4 to get an average of 100 it was against a leggie(forgot his name). He had a slight weakness against true pace and got out for a duck against an aboriginal pacer. True he might get out against Akhtar but only if he could bowl anywhere near the stumps. He also might have gotten out to Warne when he was at his prime, but then again it would have to be a xerox cops of 'The Ball of the Century' which clean bowled Mike Gatting.(not sure) But in short, u have no right to put down Bradman. As a matter of fact, if he batted now-a-days he wouldbe scoring more, with the revised L.B.W. law, and playing against Bangla and Zim., not to mention moer batsmen helpful field settings and rules in tests, and better bats with smaller boundries.........he could be averaging 150 easy, maybe 200 and would quite easly send Mural and Akhtar to the ropes, as he did with all other bowlers he faced in his illustrious and truly great career.

 

[andrew_nixon]

Remember- he played in the time of Underarm Lobbers, Lobsters for short. He also played against all types of bowling on all types of pitches and dominated them. His only slight weakness was Wrist Spin, and no blaming him, it was quite new then.

If Bradman had started his career 30 years earlier the above would be accurate.

Nevertheless he is easily the greatest batsman to have played the game. Anyone who says otherwise just doesn't know cricket.

I don't think he's the best player ever though, thats Garfield Sobers.

 

[barmyarmy]

Not to stifle discussion but "topic"
England's Ashes chances anyone?

 

[zimrahil]

If Bradman had started his career 30 years earlier the above would be accurate.

Nevertheless he is easily the greatest batsman to have played the game. Anyone who says otherwise just doesn't know cricket.

I don't think he's the best player ever though, thats Garfield Sobers.

Sorry for off topic post but completely agree - Bradman was best batsman, not best player, who is indeed Sobers.

 

[sachin]

england will lose 3/2.i worked this out by playing a test series between the two countries.3/0 down at one point but came back to win the last two tests by six and seven wickets.

 

[adthomp]

Don Bradman has said when he was alive that Sachin Tendulaker is the closed batsman to what he was he has ever seen

and as for bradman not facing good bowlers/?

How about Howard Larwood..

the tactic and the only way they could stop him was bowl his head off! and back in those days helmets weren't warn