Panesar impresses Aussies

[James]

Panesar impresses Aussies

 

[luffy]

It will be interesting to see how he goes in Australia. He wont be popular with the Aussie Fans though.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Interesting that Punter rates Monty's arm ball. Certain posters on here have suggested that Monty doesn't actually have one!

 

[UncleTheOne]

It will be interesting to see how he goes in Australia. He wont be popular with the Aussie Fans though.

Why? What's to dislike about Monty? Possibly the most loveable cricketer around at the moment.

 

[aussie tragic]

It will be interesting to see how he goes in Australia. He wont be popular with the Aussie Fans though.

Why, we love talented cricketer's that have a bit of character about them (e.g. monty & freddie) while we love to hate talented cricketers that think their god's gift (e.g. Pieterson)

 

[greg]

Maybe luffy is referring to the old "unrepresentative minority"?

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

I'd expect Panesar to be reasonably popular, really. I'm sure he'll cop plenty about his fielding though.

 

[luffy]

Why? What's to dislike about Monty? Possibly the most loveable cricketer around at the moment.

Australians dont like any Poms no matter how loveable they are

He is a crap fielder

 

[aussie]

Australians dont like any Poms no matter how loveable they are

He is a crap fielder

nah man, i know you haven't been watching England's games, because big Monty ain't a crap fielder mate.

 

[luffy]

nah man, i know you haven't been watching England's games, because big Monty ain't a crap fielder mate.

How did you know lol i have just been reading the newspapers

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

nah man, i know you haven't been watching England's games, because big Monty ain't a crap fielder mate.

How is he not a crap fielder? He's got to be just about the worst in international cricket at the moment. He makes Stuart Clark look good.

 

[greg]

How is he not a crap fielder? He's got to be just about the worst in international cricket at the moment. He makes Stuart Clark look good.

On current form he's definitely pushing ahead of Kaneria. To be fair he hasn't done anything wrong in the last 5 matches, whether that is just because he has been successfully "hidden" only time will tell.

 

[marc71178]

Hardly hidden at OT - he fielded well there.

 

[Barney Rubble]

Monty's done nothing wrong in the field this series - in fact, I can't think of much he's done wrong since the dropped catch at Mumbai, which he immediately made up for anyway. Add to that the fact that his batting is nowhere near as bad as it was made out to be, and the fact that he's one of the most determined and tenacious cricketers you'll ever find, and you've got a player who won't be easily intimidated by crowd abuse.

People assume that because he's quiet and keeps to himself, Monty is a bit fragile - I don't think anything could be further from the truth. It takes a lot of mental strength to be a spinner who has the confidence to continually toss the ball up - and as far as confidence goes, Monty can always console himself after every misfield or dismissal with a look at his list of Test dismissals. He's a bowler, and he's a damn good one - the only time abuse from fans might get under his skin is if it's about his bowling, and there's really not much to criticise about that at the moment.

I can see him being very popular in Australia, and if anyone does see fit to get on his back, they might regret it.

 

[TT Boy]

Monty's done nothing wrong in the field this series - in fact, I can't think of much he's done wrong since the dropped catch at Mumbai, which he immediately made up for anyway. Add to that the fact that his batting is nowhere near as bad as it was made out to be, and the fact that he's one of the most determined and tenacious cricketers you'll ever find, and you've got a player who won't be easily intimidated by crowd abuse.

People assume that because he's quiet and keeps to himself, Monty is a bit fragile - I don't think anything could be further from the truth. It takes a lot of mental strength to be a spinner who has the confidence to continually toss the ball up - and as far as confidence goes, Monty can always console himself after every misfield or dismissal with a look at his list of Test dismissals. He's a bowler, and he's a damn good one - the only time abuse from fans might get under his skin is if it's about his bowling, and there's really not much to criticise about that at the moment.

I can see him being very popular in Australia, and if anyone does see fit to get on his back, they might regret it.

Had one **** up today at mid off, allowed Imran Farhat to pick up three runs (jumped all around the ball) and looked like he was in quick sand when retrieving the ball.

 

[superkingdave]

Had one **** up today at mid off, allowed Imran Farhat to pick up three runs (jumped all around the ball) and looked like he was in quick sand when retrieving the ball.

I didn't think he was that slow, and they only got 2.

IIRC he dropped a dolly in the SL series

 

[TT Boy]

I didn't think he was that slow, and they only got 2.

IIRC he dropped a dolly in the SL series

Your the man Dave, yeah it was a two though it should have been a three.

 

[The Baconator]

I didn't think he was that slow, and they only got 2.

IIRC he dropped a dolly in the SL series

Yeah he did, I think he was pretty hopeless in the First Test, maybe the second, but apparently he got new contact lenses and he's been ok since then.

 

[TT Boy]

Well Monty dropped one today...

 

[superkingdave]

that he did, but Ally Cook's making a commendable effort to appear worse