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Originally Posted by Top_Cat
For one, he's the captain so yeah actually, he's the one who decides who to bowl.
For two, that's not what I said anyway. I said Ponting's not bowling him which could, for example, come about because between Katich and Ponting, they could have decided he's not to bowl for various reasons, one of which is the fact he's not getting any damn overs for NSW and is under-done.
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Sir, you are playing Captain Obvious with the bold line. But a discussion in a cricket forum involves analysis of "What ifs" and "Why nots" and not just treading the captain's toe. So your argument that "Ricky does it, so it must be right" is not acceptable for me.
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Hussey bowling seam-up is a better option right now than a left-arm wristie who has bowled about 10 overs in two seasons for his state and used to spray them when he was bowling double that per game years ago. If either of them get the ball, Aus are in real trouble anyway.
And using him for any serious overs would probably impact on his batting and with the batting line-up Aus have for this series, even if he sneaks a wicket or two by some miracle, it won't have been worth it if he scores less runs.
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And Micheal Hussey is bowling 20 overs every Shield Game? I find Katich more dangerous than Hussey any day, and he showed it albeit briefly in the Delhi (?) game last year. The whole argument of he's hardly bowled in Shield Games is of really no merit as far as part time bowling in tests are concerned. Essentially because they are inherently parttime, and used as 1. Shock option 2. To relieve the others. So to have bowled a truckload in FC games is hardly the prerequisite. And Katich has proved he can more than roll his arm over previously.