Why is it england never produce great fast bowlers ?

[sammy2]

Sometimes I wonder how the english remained competitive over the years.

 

[Kweek]

because you exist

 

[Evermind]

Sometimes I wonder how the english remained competitive over the years.

Can someone pl ban this tard?

 

[Burgey]

Sometimes I wonder how the english remained competitive over the years.

If you're going to make bald-faced assertions along the lines of England having remained comepetitive over the years, you're going to have to back them up

 

[sammy2]

If you're going to make bald-faced assertions along the lines of England having remained comepetitive over the years, you're going to have to back them up

Well they did beat the aussies in 05, but its fasinating how a team with no special players ranked so highly.
Who has been their match winner ?

 

[cpr]

Well they did beat the aussies in 05, but its fasinating how a team with no special players ranked so highly.
Who has been their match winner ?

IIRC in that series it was Wrigleys Spearmint.....

 

[sammy2]

IIRC in that series it was Wrigleys Spearmint.....

No wonder they fell way off, there is a pride and desperation to see England do well that I think forces coaches and players under pressure to do shameful things. Its still just a sport.

 

[Richard]

Why is it england never produce great fast bowlers ?

They do. Tate, Bedser, Statham, Trueman, Snow, Willis, and for a time Botham and an even briefer time Tyson. Plus probably one or two others who I've forgotten.

Not to mention Larwood and Higgs who could easily have been two of the best but barely got quarter of a decent Test career.

Many of England's potentially excellent bowlers of recent times have been badly restricted by injury (Fraser and Gough to the fore) and some others have been restricted by their own restrictions (Caddick and Flintoff to the fore).

England has simply not been prone to producing outstanding players, not of late anyway. There used to be any number of terrific and hugely successful fingerspinners in the days of covered wickets (Rhodes, Verity, Wardle, Laker, Underwood to name but a few) but those are now long-gone, and England haven't had a top-tier batsman since the days of Boycott, Dexter and Barrington. Pietersen might just fit the bill, if he manages to avoid self-destructing.

 

[Son Of Coco]

If you're going to make bald-faced assertions along the lines of England having remained comepetitive over the years, you're going to have to back them up

 

[vic_orthdox]

If you continue posting like this, you won't get the chance to be here for the Windies' return series in England.