Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
And I made that post beforehand too!
Unlike cough*some people*coughYep I know, fair effort
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Best left arm seamer?
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Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
TBF it was only ever at Lord's in 2002, never anywhere else.
vic_orthdox
Global Moderator
I wouldn't say it was pretty on the eye in the VB series last year.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
You see, I thought that, every game, but none of the commentators said anything! Whereas at Lord's in 2002, it was a not-inconsiderable murmering from, probably, about the 2nd over he bowled. I found that even more surprising given that those 2 commentary-boxes even had someone in common - Richie, obviously. Who was certainly not short on the vocals pertaining to old Ruchie at Lord's.
vic_orthdox
Global Moderator
I think, generally, commentators stay away from talking about issues like that when the player in question is involved in the game, TBH.
Pup Clarke
Cricketer Of The Year
Top 5 left armers in ODI's IMO
1)Nathan Bracken
2)Chaminda Vaas
3)Ian Bradshaw
4)Mitchell Johnson
5)Irfan Pathan
1)Nathan Bracken
2)Chaminda Vaas
3)Ian Bradshaw
4)Mitchell Johnson
5)Irfan Pathan
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
How on Earth is Pathan better than Zaheer?
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Well thanks Richard. Despite my above post, my posts prasing Zaheer in this thread, and the fact that Pathan has been shocking in ODIs for quite some time, I actually didn't know that....
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Hahaha, fair enough then.Sorry, just couldn't resist.
See 3rd post in my sig for reasons why not.
I'd still like to know why Pup Clarke thinks Pathan is better - despite the somewhat unintentional hostile-sounding nature of question, I'm legitimately interested in the answer.
Pup Clarke
Cricketer Of The Year
Although Pathan is a poor test bowler he's a very decent one day bowler.He might not be in good form but when he's on song he's better than Zaheer in the one day game.I appreciate that Zaheer has improved but when Pathan sorts his bowling out he will still be a regular in the one day side and he will get back to being an effective one day bowler.
Pup Clarke
Cricketer Of The Year
He will get better when he gets confidence in his bowling IMO.He can still be a very decent one day bowler and lets not forget that he's only 22 and has a number of years ahead of him.He can still be a good bowler.
Pup Clarke
Cricketer Of The Year
He can develop though because he is still young.I'm not saying he's automatically going to get better but there is a good chance that with confidence and trust being put into himhis bowling will get better and he will develop into a good one day bowler who can also bat.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
I mean, I respect your enthusiasm but was there really any need to post that 4 times?
I don't neccessarily think there's such a high chance of him making sufficient improvements to become a ODI-class bowler - if I had to place a bet, I'd place it on him falling by the wayside.
Pup Clarke
Cricketer Of The Year
What the hell?