Warnes favourite pitch.Nnanden said:Seamers paradise.
Whether you agree or not, they are in the slectors eyes.dontcloseyoureyes said:Johnson, Gillespie and Kasper shouldn't be in front of him.
Brackens record at the SCG is poor, to sort that out.dontcloseyoureyes said:What's he proven though? At least Bracken has yards on him. It's plain obvious that Gillespie is past it, and unless can get back the 10kph he suddenly lost, he's history. If Kasper keeps taking bucketloads of FC wickets then maybe, but at the moment he's injured.
Johnson took some wickets on a helpful pitch after it rained. Sure, they were good, but he's been blasted in nearly every other international game he played. Even took some stick against the Bangas, before getting some late wickets. All the while Bracken has a proven FC record in Australia (especially at the GABBA and the SCG) and has more than shown he is the goods in OD cricket. I fail to see why they can't do horses for courses and slot Bracken in at the grounds that will make hima dangerous prospect.
Johnsons form of late is superior to Brackens. Opinions are pretty much pointless here, because it's a fact that Bracken isn't anywhere in the selectors thinking for test matches.dontcloseyoureyes said:An above average one day bowler, with one of the best ODI bowling records in history?
A top FC season doesn't mean he should be playing test cricket. Bracken's had numerous top seasons in the Pura Cup, as well as taking wickets at around 20 for the Australian OD side.
In any case, he wouldn't be in my starting XI anyway. MacGill should be there for all five tests, I just don't think that those three (two of which are pretty much past it, and one, despiute being a hot prospect, has less FC cricket under his belt than Gelman) should be ahead of someone with an ODI record like his. Especially considering his form of late.
****, fair dinkum, most pointless stats. Johnson in the Pura Cup final took a 10 fa on a road at the GABBA. Isolated stats are meaningless.Nnanden said:Bracken - last time bowled at the `Gabba.
OD: 4/15 off 6.2. Took batsmen 2, 3, 9, 10 (Symonds, Hopes, Hartley)
FC: 8/81 off 40.2. (Match figures) Took batsmen 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 (Maher twice, Symonds, Perren)
ODI: 3/44 off 10. Took batsmen 1, 3, 5 (Jayasuriya, Attapatu)
Test: 4/48 off 16. Took batsmen 4, 5, 8, 9 (Lara, Chanderpaul)
20/20 Int: 2/9 off 3. Took batsmen 2, 3 (Dippenaar, Gibbs)
I really don`t want to sleep. I don`t care that these stats are biased and mean nothing. I feel better.