Daemon
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Good old days when the likes of Tsotsobe and McKay were dominating
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Are England really favourites for CT17?
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Doesn't make him a quality bowler and given he is a spud with the bat and in field I wouldn't be rushing him in ahead of Plunkett given the latter is in reasonable form.
StephenZA
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No not specifically... what makes him a good ODI bowler is an avg of 24 with an econ of just under 5 over 109 ODI's... but maybe that is just me.
Missed this question... read the article a day or two before. Felt apt.
Yes, kinda... but I`m no bright 'Spark'... (see what I did!)
Using historical stats to prove a guy who has barely played (and played badly) in 12 months seems sketchy at best.
StephenZA
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The question was not is he in form... question was is he a good bowler. Considering his historical stats and how good I know he could be.. yes he should be playing.
vic_orthdox
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Anyone taking Ball ahead of Morkel?
Daemon
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Plunkett's nonsense, beating up on two teams that didn't qualify for this tournament doesn't mean he's better than Morkel.
Black_Warrior
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lol loving this England-SA banter. Should be fun when the test series starts
marc71178
Eyes not spreadsheets
Why not both? Completely different roles.
StephenZA
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Pretty much... would love somebody of Buttler's capability coming in at 6 for SA...
Daemon
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ATG jinx
Black_Warrior
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ans my question in the thread
tobe_ornot2
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morkel really isn't that good an ODI bowler, hasn't he just played one ODI in a 12 month period? In fact, when was the last time he even took a 4 for? 5 for? The morkel of today is not the Morkel of 3-4 years ago
Was garbage post prior to that. Since 1st of Jan 2016 he is 6th leading ODI wicket taker despite names above him playing quite a few more games
20 matches 39 wickets @ 25 with a RPO of 5.58
http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...6;spanval1=span;template=results;type=bowling
His economy rate is higher, but then he bowls at home on the pitches with highest RPO in the world
Daemon
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Impressive, he's been better than I thought. I would like to attempt to discredit him by saying he did it against crap opposition but tbf I've got no idea what I'm talking about. All I remember is him going for nearly a hundred against India.
srbhkshk
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More like they go out in the first round itself.
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Morkel doesn't take too many 4-ers or 5-ers in any format. Which is why even though his numbers are comparable to someone like Broad in Tests, he's nowhere near as effective as an actual match-winner. He can't step up and lead the attack effectively in the absence of Steyn or Philander.
But his short of a length accurate style of bowling is well-suited for ODIs.