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Australia's bowling support cast

slippyslip

U19 12th Man
Totally agree, he was an extremely good bowler. Pity he had such a poor Ashes to finish, was awesome before that.
Are you forgetting his double century against Bangladesh? How many players get dropped after scoring a double century? Think he bowled well that match too.
 

zaremba

Cricketer Of The Year
The Crims had the making of a pretty good Test attack without McGrath and Warne, no doubt about that. Similar to the one they have now.
 

Burgey

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Interesting thread.

If you had an attack of Gillespie, Clark and Lee/ Fleming with McGill as the spinner and, say, Miller to come in for the third quick when conditions suited, you'd be pretty well served I'd think.

Be very competitive anyways.
 
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archie mac

International Coach
Interesting thread.

If you had an attack of Gillespie, Clark and Lee/ Fleming with McGill as the spinner and, say, Miller to come in for the third quick when conditions suited, you'd be pretty well served I'd think.

Be very competitive anyways.
I agree with this, but would it be rated as one of the greatest teams in Test history?

I think not, and that is why McGrath the most boring bowler in history and Warne deserve the most kudos, becasue with out them they would have been a very good team but not a great side imo:)
 

vcs

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I agree with this, but would it be rated as one of the greatest teams in Test history?

I think not, and that is why McGrath the most boring bowler in history and Warne deserve the most kudos, becasue with out them they would have been a very good team but not a great side imo:)
Agreed, however not many countries can boast of a Test-class attack even without their frontline bowlers, therefore success against Australia when Warne/McGrath weren't playing shouldn't be glibly dismissed as meaningless.
 

Son Of Coco

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Are you forgetting his double century against Bangladesh? How many players get dropped after scoring a double century? Think he bowled well that match too.
No I could never forget the 200, but I didn't really count it towards his bowling efforts. I don't think he was the same bowler from the Ashes onwards as he was beforehand, for whatever reason.
 

andyc

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I agree with this, but would it be rated as one of the greatest teams in Test history?

I think not, and that is why McGrath the most boring bowler in history and Warne deserve the most kudos, becasue with out them they would have been a very good team but not a great side imo:)
:-O

Blasphemy!
 

vic_orthdox

Global Moderator
Loved Pistol. Pushing the ball back in towards the right hander, and then had a ripping one that held its line.
 

vcs

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I would add Reiffel to the original post but it doesn't let me edit it anymore. 104 wickets at 26.96 deserves to be there.

BTW, I never knew he was such a capable lower order batsman. Averaged 26.52 with the bat with 6 fifties.
 

slippyslip

U19 12th Man
I would add Reiffel to the original post but it doesn't let me edit it anymore. 104 wickets at 26.96 deserves to be there.

BTW, I never knew he was such a capable lower order batsman. Averaged 26.52 with the bat with 6 fifties.
He was very handy in ODI's as well. With bat and ball.
 

Burgey

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I agree with this, but would it be rated as one of the greatest teams in Test history?

I think not, and that is why McGrath the most boring bowler in history and Warne deserve the most kudos, becasue with out them they would have been a very good team but not a great side imo:)
For sure mate, except for the attack we put out in Steve Waugh's farewell series, which I think was ****e, frankly.

Lee was rubish around that time, Gillespie was periodicaly injured, and IIRC we had Bracken in the team for a test or two and Brad Williams ffs.

It was like a microcosm of the 80s.
 

vic_orthdox

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For sure mate, except for the attack we put out in Steve Waugh's farewell series, which I think was ****e, frankly.

Lee was rubish around that time, Gillespie was periodicaly injured, and IIRC we had Bracken in the team for a test or two and Brad Williams ffs.

It was like a microcosm of the 80s.
Yeah, Lee and Gillespie both had big injury clouds hanging over them throughout that series. Bichel tried hard throughout, but had a hard time of it.
 

Xuhaib

International Coach
For sure mate, except for the attack we put out in Steve Waugh's farewell series, which I think was ****e, frankly.

Lee was rubish around that time, Gillespie was periodicaly injured, and IIRC we had Bracken in the team for a test or two and Brad Williams ffs.

It was like a microcosm of the 80s.
Dravid would have scored agaisnt any attack in that series this was a period when he was god like.

btw Brad Willims have the most hatable face in cricket history.
 
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Jono

Virat Kohli (c)
That Australian attack was still better than the **** we put out that series. Thank **** for Kumble and one moment of magic from AA.
 

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