West Indies tour of Australia, November-December 2009

[Howsie]

^^This.

He should focus on getting wickets first. He only took 4 wickets in this series with the average of 58.75, which is nowhere good enough.

Have you actually watched him bowl, or are you just looking at stats and making assumptions?

 

[iridescentt]

He seems to bowl 150 KPH and more without much effort watching from the TV. I honestly think he can really pump it up more than 155 KPH.

 

[TumTum]

He's got the legs but those he have the attitude?

Roach is definetly no Ishant Sharma or Dale Steyn or Shoaib Akhtar in terms of troubling the batsmen when they toured Aus.

 

[StinkyBoHoon]

He seems to bowl 150 KPH and more without much effort watching from the TV. I honestly think he can really pump it up more than 155 KPH.

I think he's made hitting 150ish easy.

don't see why he can't add a bit more pace.

 

[rahuldravidfan]

"At the moment when [Nathan] Hauritz is bowling to me, it's like I'm bowling to myself".
--Chris Gayle deals Australia's lead spinner a low blow :rtfl:rtfl:rtfl:rtfl

He's got a point there.

 

[TumTum]

"At the moment when [Nathan] Hauritz is bowling to me, it's like I'm bowling to myself".
--Chris Gayle deals Australia's lead spinner a low blow :rtfl:rtfl:rtfl:rtfl

He's got a point there.

Is it just me or am I not the only one that didn't find this quote funny?

 

[rahuldravidfan]

Roach's speed doesn't scare Australia | Cricket News | Australia v West Indies 2009/10 | Cricinfo.com

Roach is over rated.

Haddin wants us to believe his defensive bs. What a joke! Btw, when was the last time we saw the Aussies getting physically and verbally intimidated by West Indies? :laugh

rahuldravidfan added 2 Minutes and 9 Seconds later...

Is it just me or am I not the only one that didn't find this quote funny?

Why would you find a joke about your player funny? I don't blame you for "not finding it funny", but Hauritz or "W..reitz" like some people I know call him is really bs. He's not even the best spinner in Australia. :sarcasm

 

[Ollie_H]

Is it just me or am I not the only one that didn't find this quote funny?

I agree, It's a good quote, just not all that funny.

 

[rahuldravidfan]

Where is the sense of humor gone fella's? Retired with the Champion players? :sarcasm

 

[Ollie_H]

The last one of my players to retire was Vaughny. And he wasn't too much of a champion by the end.

 

[pcfan123]

The last one of my players to retire was Vaughny. And he wasn't too much of a champion by the end.

Fred is gone from Tests and he is the definition of a Champion. Spot on about Vaughn though, would have been a disaster if he stayed on for the Ashes.

 

[Dare]

Roach is over rated.

lol overrated? Its his 1st tour, and 1st series against a qiality side, he is currently bowling at one of the top 3 teams in the world and has gotten the best batsman out twice. Because we can say he is overrated after just one series...

He should focus on getting wickets first. He only took 4 wickets in this series with the average of 58.75, which is nowhere good enough.

I agree that he should slow it down to focus on accuracy and movement so that he can pick up more wickets. He is really accurate for a young guy who is bowling at 150 all the time. In time he will learn to cut the speed a bit and will pick up more wickets.

It kinda doesn't make sense because Hauritz has done his job so far. Gayle's batsmen have been the ones giving Hauritz wickets and his bowlers haven't really been able to match him.

two of his 7 wickets were quality batsman, Bravo and Dowlin all the rest have been the tailenders. Not to mention that Gayle is talking about the amount of spin Hauritz gets which actually makes Benn look like Murali when you compare the amount of spin the two get.

He's got the legs but those he have the attitude?

Roach is definetly no Ishant Sharma or Dale Steyn or Shoaib Akhtar in terms of troubling the batsmen when they toured Aus.

Akhtar picked up 6 wickets in a 3 tests series his first time in Australia, Steyn was some 30 tests into his career and in the best form of his life when he came to Australia. Ishant also finished a 3 test series with 6 wickets and for a young and inexperienced bowler on his 1st tour to Australia that was good and his figures didnt look much better then Roaches do at this moment not to mention that Ishant,Akhtar and Steyn didnt have to lead the bowling attack after just 2 previous tests, they had the likes of Wasim, Razzaq, Azhar, Zaheer, Kumble, Harbhajan, Ntini, Morkel. Ask Ponting and a few of his batsman if they were troubled by Roach, Ponting him self said

"He'll be a handful in Perth," Ponting said. "As you can see, every spell he's bowled, almost every ball he's bowled, is hovering around 150kph. We knew that he was capable of that. He's hit his areas really well. He hasn't sprayed the ball around too much. He's bowling well for them at the moment."

 

[pcfan123]

"we have seen on this ground with some of the fast bowlers it's been their downfall with trying to bowl too quick and too short. The next thing you look up on the board and they have gone for six or seven an over. It can sometimes be a pretty ruthless place to bowl for a fast bowler."

Didnt this happen to Shaun Tait? Ponting bowled him for 5-6 overs at the WACA and he was smacked around and was not bowled again the rest of the match?

 

[aussie1st]

Yea that was the one. And after it he took an indefinite break.

 

[Dare]

except everything with Tait is about speed, nothing else. His action is specifically built so that he can bowl as fast as possible and its not economical or good for him staying healthy.
Roach on the other hand has a action that doesn't put as much pressure on his body.