Best left arm seamer?

[KiWiNiNjA]

Chaminda Vaas by quite a long way.

Indeedy!

 

[legglancer12]

Just Can't understand how Dasa and some others voted for Ruchira

 

[Dasa]

Just Can't understand how Dasa and some others voted for Ruchira

He's clearly the biggest talent in world cricket at the moment. Heading towards greatness, is Ruchira.

 

[thierry henry]

Who would NZ drop to have Bracken in the test team?

Shane Bond- 74 wickes at 22
James Franklin- 76 wickets at 28
Chris Martin- 106 wickets at 34
(Oram, Styris, Vettori etc also to bowl)

Optional
Kyle Mills- 17 wickets at 31
Daryl Tuffey- 66 wickets at 31

vs Bracken- 12 wickets at 42

It's not just that Bracken struggled, but that all of the NZ options have useful records, and most of them have had their figures hurt by having to play against Australia as well!

 

[Prince EWS]

Who would NZ drop to have Bracken in the test team?

Shane Bond- 74 wickes at 22
James Franklin- 76 wickets at 28
Chris Martin- 106 wickets at 34
(Oram, Styris, Vettori etc also to bowl)

Optional
Kyle Mills- 17 wickets at 31
Daryl Tuffey- 66 wickets at 31

vs Bracken- 12 wickets at 42

It's not just that Bracken struggled, but that all of the NZ options have useful records, and most of them have had their figures hurt by having to play against Australia as well!

I'd drop Martin to be honest. Bracken has really improved his bowling of late.

 

[thierry henry]

Only until Tuffey is back to top form imo

nah, obviously Bracken has perfected his ODI bowling, but it's really anyone's guess how well he'd go in tests. I think the fairest thing to say atm is that if you were listing the best test bowlers, you'd have all those NZ guys above Bracken atm.

 

[Prince EWS]

Only until Tuffey is back to top form imo

nah, obviously Bracken has perfected his ODI bowling, but it's really anyone's guess how well he'd go in tests. I think the fairest thing to say atm is that if you were listing the best test bowlers, you'd have all those NZ guys above Bracken atm.

Well, if you're talking about proven records, then yeah, because Bracken's is dire. But he has improved his bowling in general since he last had a go in the test arena. I'm not one to mix the two forms as many here are, but I'm pretty confident that Bracken would do a better job in a test series than Martin these days, even if his record suggests otherwise. A fully-fit Tuffey is another story altogether though...

 

[Matt79]

You can't mix the two forms, but you can notice that Bracken's one day bowling has improved markedly, displaying a greater variety in his deliveries, and a better understanding of his abilities. Those things would only help him with the red ball.

 

[Evermind]

Zaheer Khan? Ian Bradshaw? Franklin? Pathan?

What're you smoking?

 

[NZTailender]

You can't mix the two forms, but you can notice that Bracken's one day bowling has improved markedly, displaying a greater variety in his deliveries, and a better understanding of his abilities. Those things would only help him with the red ball.

Maybe. I think Bracken would benefit at test level from a captain having faith in him and knowing what fields to set. Which may happen now, since Ponting won't have McGrath or Warne to turn to to 'make things happen'.

 

[NZTailender]

Zaheer Khan? Ian Bradshaw? Franklin? Pathan?

What're you smoking?

What do you mean?


Most of guys in the poll are left armers who are either first choices for tests or ODI's at the moment.

 

[Perm]

Now that I think about it, I'm actually reasonably tempted to vote for Zaheer Khan. He has improved dramatically as of late and has been performing really well for India.

 

[JBH001]

Vaas for me, by a long way.

The rest of that lot are mostly pretenders.

 

[Jono]

Not that he'd get my vote for either form of the game at this stage, but I think Zaheer Khan has looked a completely different bowler since his reinstatement. He has really led the Indian pace attack and led it well recently IMO. Obviously a couple of series isn't a particularly good measure though so it'll be interesting to see how he goes.

Just took his first ever ODI 5-fer, so he's definitely on the improve.

 

[Prince EWS]

Just took his first ever ODI 5-fer, so he's definitely on the improve.

And I made that post beforehand too!

 

[Jono]

Yep I know, fair effort

 

[Matt79]

haha - fan of Heroes hey Jono?

 

[Poker Boy]

Vass at the moment. Johnson and Pathan the best two for the future.

 

[PhoenixFire]

Lol @ Perera getting 3 votes. A literal pie-chucker.

 

[pasag]

David Cross (Tobias from Arrested Development) does a brilliant stand-up routine on the liberal use of the word 'literally', especially in sport. Funniest thing if anyone can find it on the net.