Philip Hughes

[TumTum]

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At the end of the day, Hughes will be able to work on his deficiencies and improve, but no matter how hard Bopara works on it, he'll still be English.

ouch

 

[flibbertyjibber]

At the end of the day, Hughes will be able to work on his deficiencies and improve, but no matter how hard Bopara works on it, he'll still be English.

At the end of the day,Bopara has won an ashes.Hughes hasn't.

 

[benchmark00]

Still English iirc.

 

[TumTum]

At the end of the day,Bopara has won an ashes.Hughes hasn't.

Didn't Bopara get dropped for the 5th Test

 

[andyc]

Cut the pettiness, guys, try to keep it constructive.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Didn't Bopara get dropped for the 5th Test

Still part of the team that won the series though.The goblin hasn't won one yet.

 

[andyc]

Still part of the team that won the series though.The goblin hasn't won one yet.

As above, flibbertyjibber. These kind of posts are only going to rile posters up rather than actually lead to decent conversation.

 

[TumTum]

Just because this is a Hughes thread might as well post some of his stats
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At this rate Hughes would have 90 FC centuries by 38, Tendulkar will probably have 80 by 38

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Just because this is a Hughes thread might as well post some of his stats
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At this rate Hughes would have 90 FC centuries by 38, Tendulkar will probably have 80 by 38

Depends how often he'd get freebies in Division 2 in England like last year.

 

[benchmark00]

Depends how often he'd get freebies in Division 2 in England like last year.

**** you're a bad poster hey.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

**** you're a bad poster hey.

No,i do make a point of saying how poor Div 2 is no matter who is helped by the weakness of it.

Hughes has made a good start to his career but he has the flaw that is much publicised,it will be fascinating to see if he can overcome it in the future.

 

[marc71178]

At this rate Hughes would have 90 FC centuries by 38, Tendulkar will probably have 80 by 38

Which will also mean he's a Test failure

 

[zaremba]

At the end of the day, Hughes will be able to work on his deficiencies and improve, but no matter how hard Bopara works on it, he'll still be English.

With apologies to Winston S Churchill (Eng.)

 

[TumTum]

Which will also mean he's a Test failure

FC includes Test stats as well

 

[marc71178]

I know, but the only way he can play enough games to get that many centuries would be if he weren't playing International cricket, hence he'd have been a Test failure.

 

[Pothas]

Depends how often he'd get freebies in Division 2 in England like last year.

Same league that our new Test star averaged 24 in last season?

(God what a pointless post)

 

[Burgey]

Same league that our new Test star averaged 24 in last season?

(God what a pointless post)

It's in the right thread then.

Can the Mods make a conscious decision not to do anything to flibbertyjibberer before the Ashes please? Look forward to having a fair amount of fun at his expense.

 

[NasserFan207]

On the swing issue, am I the only one who thinks wrist position and where the bowler delivers the ball also plays a part?

Shorter bowlers who bowl a skiddy action allow the ball to spend more time just above the surface, which therefore results in more swing. Or something.

Oh, and Phil Hughes is crap.

 

[TumTum]

On the swing issue, am I the only one who thinks wrist position and where the bowler delivers the ball also plays a part?

Shorter bowlers who bowl a skiddy action allow the ball to spend more time just above the surface, which therefore results in more swing. Or something.

Wrist postilion doesn't directly effect swing but it does effect the axis of rotation of the ball which effects swing I suppose.

And I definitely agree that skiddy bowlers somehow manage to find swing in unlikely places but again I think that is because the axis of rotation of the ball alone has an impact on swing.

You could just test this in your backyard using a tennis ball, an upright action doesn't swing it but if you try to bowl it side-on, you will notice that the ball slightly swings and dips late into the right-hander (if you are a right handed bowler).

 

[Goughy]

Wrist postilion doesn't directly effect swing .

Pardon?