Hauritz now dropped from state team...

[Mister Wright]

Hauritz may come back. I hope he does but unless he gets a bag in club cricket then Simpson will overtake him. Simpson could also average 96 with the ball and can bat very well.

Simpson hasn't even replaced Hauritz. For some reason they are persisting with this Lachlan Stevens fellow - terrible. No body should play for Queensland if they look like Elliot when they bat!

 

[Richard]

That doesn't mean they haven't shown improvement. Just means they are not ready for the next step up.

If you're improving to averaging in the 40s I dread to think what you were like before you improved!

 

[mavric41]

If you're improving to averaging in the 40s I dread to think what you were like before you improved!

50's & 60's

 

[mavric41]

Simpson hasn't even replaced Hauritz. For some reason they are persisting with this Lachlan Stevens fellow - terrible. No body should play for Queensland if they look like Elliot when they bat!

Now is that John Elliot or Elliot Gobblet?

 

[Craig]

If you're improving to averaging in the 40s I dread to think what you were like before you improved!

Maybe bowling better then their figures suggest?

 

[Craig]

NSW have Krejza who is a better bowler then Hauritz and can't make the NSW side. If he was going to move states then his best option will be to Victoria. White is becoming more of batsmen then a spinner, so their is a spot for a spinner over there, or they could play two spinners as they have Harvey and Moss. WA is another option but the pitches are worse for spin bowling then OLD.

But in saying all this i don't rate Simpson as a bowler and i doubt he will be able to keep his spot for OLD as bowler, maybe an all rounder, but then OLD only have three bowlers until Watson, Hopes or Symonds are back.

Didn't South Australia offer him big dollars to go south until Watson came home?

 

[James90]

easily the worst bowler i've seen that has been picked for australia in the last decade.

Forgetting Scott Muller?

 

[mavric41]

Forgetting Scott Muller?

He didn't do that badly. It was all Joe the cameraman's fault.

 

[vic_orthdox]

6 wickets at 96? I would drop him even from the Victorian side.

i wasn't possibly being sarcastic, was i?

 

[mavric41]

i wasn't possibly being sarcastic, was i?

Me? Never!!!

 

[Richard]

He didn't do that badly. It was all Joe the cameraman's fault.

I'd not go quite that far - he was appalling - but yes, I do think it was exaggerated still further by that cameraman comment - especially when it was attributed to Warne.

 

[Richard]

50's & 60's

My point exactly!!!!!

Maybe bowling better then their figures suggest?

Which can only happen for so long.
Especially in the case of fingerspinners where they're often perceived to be bowling better than their figures suggest.

 

[Josh]

Cullen is a better prospect than Hauritz.

 

[Mister Wright]

Cullen is a better prospect than Hauritz.

He certainly bowled very well today, it is a shame his batsman don't back him up.

 

[chris.hinton]

he bowls it to flat

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

He's not anywhere near as bad as his recent figures suggest. Hell, he bowled pretty decently in his one test appearance, albeit with plenty of assistance from the pitch. He'll be back and bowling better in due time.

Certainly not an international class player at the moment, but he will improve.

 

[Richard]

he bowls it to flat

And too slow.
Not to mention he doesn't turn it as much as Graeme Smith, let alone a wristspinner.

 

[Richard]

Hell, he bowled pretty decently in his one test appearance, albeit with plenty of assistance from the pitch.

I'd back Nathan Dumelow to bowl pretty well on a pitch like that.

 

[tooextracool]

Geez some of you guys are unbelieveable. We're talking about a real person here. He hasn't miraculously 'lost' his talent, just lost his way a bit. He's a decent offie and I personally think his lack of success is more a reflection of the captaincy of Wade Seccombe than any perceived lack of ability. Certainly he has been darting the ball a fair bit of late but I would say that's just a chronic lack of confidence which Queensland have done nothing to ameliorate (other than dropping him). It's typical of their treatment of spinners in their state.

He'll be back. You'll see.

TEC: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=curmudgeon

we've been through this before:
http://forum.cricketweb.net/showthread.php?t=11330&page=134&pp=15&highlight=curmudgeon
for your response.

 

[tooextracool]

Forgetting Scott Muller?

who took 3/68 and was the highest wicket taker in that inning against pakistan?