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Neil Pickup
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Hey... I was just being insanely optimistic 
I definitely think Dawson got one of the openers yesterday (can't remember who) caught behind but it wasn't given.
I definitely think Dawson got one of the openers yesterday (can't remember who) caught behind but it wasn't given.
Anil
Hall of Fame Member
Insane is right!!! It doesn't really matter, does it, whether some false decisions were given or not. If Langer had gone cheaply, who's to say that Ponting wouldn't have scored a ton? Or Waugh? Or Love? Or Gilchrist?...Now, that's not being optimistic, it's merely being realistic.Neil Pickup said:Hey... I was just being insanely optimistic
I definitely think Dawson got one of the openers yesterday (can't remember who) caught behind but it wasn't given.
Neil Pickup
Cricket Web Moderator
It's one of those England selectors fixed-in-our-heads-he's-test-class-and-the-other-guy-isn't things.
I don't know what Read's going to have to do to make the Test XI because I would definitely have had him in instead of Foster for this match. Guess it dates back to the 2000-01 winter in the Busta Cup with England A where Foster out-batted Read.
Liam, could you shed some light on their performances out there?
I don't know what Read's going to have to do to make the Test XI because I would definitely have had him in instead of Foster for this match. Guess it dates back to the 2000-01 winter in the Busta Cup with England A where Foster out-batted Read.
Liam, could you shed some light on their performances out there?
Rik
Cricketer Of The Year
Yes but Wickets matter. He's just never really threatened. I'm aggressively minded as a Cricketer but having to watch this guy serving up delivery after delivery for the Aussies to smash back! It would be ok if he kept it tight, but he hasn't even done that!marc71178 said:
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marc71178
Eyes not spreadsheets
This is his 6th Test, but he's only bowled in 6 Innings
He's got 10 wickets in those 6 innings - not great, but a reasonable start.
The 6 innings he's bowled in have been:
469
291
198-3
552-9
456
551-6
A total of 2517 runs for 48 wickets - an average of 52.4375 runs per wicket.
Since his current average is 56.4 - he's not that much worse than the other players he's bowled with is he?
He's got 10 wickets in those 6 innings - not great, but a reasonable start.
The 6 innings he's bowled in have been:
469
291
198-3
552-9
456
551-6
A total of 2517 runs for 48 wickets - an average of 52.4375 runs per wicket.
Since his current average is 56.4 - he's not that much worse than the other players he's bowled with is he?
Rik
Cricketer Of The Year
Did I ever say that any of the other bowlers had done anything of note? Caddick looks worse than useless and Harmison needs to start using that pace. Dawson is just another mediocre bowler in a poor bowling attack. Tudor has lost everything that ever made him a good bowler and Hoggard can't do much unless the ball swings. The only bowlers so far with credit are Jones and Giles who I had critisised recently due to not taking many Wickets in the summer. If there is a weakness with the Aussies then it's spin, but the spinner needs to be a good one.marc71178 said: