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Originally Posted by aussie
ok leave Bangladesh out, since the 2000 adelaide test vs West Indies i would'nt say he has been generally POOR at all as you are implying, he has jus been very inconsistent. In various conditions he has bowled in he has done well in it i.e turning tracks at the SCG in almost every test he has played (except 2003/04 vs India) & in Pakistan 98/99. While he has wasted some e.g SRI 2004.
Or flat tracks vs West Indies 2003 he did well & vs India 2003/04 he was poor.
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At The SCG after his 1st Test there he's done little,
as shown.
Between Adelaide 2000\01 and Kandy 2003\04 MacGill had a sum-total of 1 good Test out of 16. He then had
3 good Tests, thanks to dismissing a load of tailenders.
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No i wasn't saying he became better vs spin in 2001 exactly. I meant since the 2001 ashes test to now he has proved he is better againts it.
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He only had the chance to prove it in 2003\04. So what you mean is that he's been super-consistent since 2003\04. Even that's not totally true, since he was hardly magnificent in
SL and Ind, with 1 really good innings (at the last possible moment) in 14.
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Well yes thats true, but as i said JL is a tough nut to crack and i wont be surprised if he comes back well.
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I won't be surprised as such, but I don't take it for granted the way you seem to.
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Unlike 2005 when you and TEC rightfully & in my opinion sometimes overexaggerated his weaknesss againts swing bowling & said it would lead to his downfall. This time however he has proved in conditions he has faced like that that he is an improved player in that area. So if you can still be so arrogantly sure that he will fail againts England again, thats a bit foolish and you may very well eat your words.
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I'm not sure - I just think it's likely.
I rarely eat my words.
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before the ashes that was true but looking at how consistent he was for this summer i think one can assume with some degree of certainty how he will do.
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I don't. All it takes, as we saw even this summer, is someone to get after him and he can lose it completely.