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*Official* New Zealand in India 2010
- Thread starter Shri
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Very good bowler? Don't make me laugh.
Athlai
Not Terrible
What? Franklin was a very good bowler.
Shri
Mr. Glass
Low blow.
Shri
Mr. Glass
Do you mean you aren't a **** now?If Jeets plays and takes less than 4 wickets I'll chuck up an avatar that says he is ****.
If he takes more than that, I'm going to call you ****ers idiots and strut around like a victorious game ****.
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Athlai
Not Terrible
Just a run of the mill ****. Not a victorious game ****. Thats something special.Do you mean toy aren't a **** now?
straw man
Hall of Fame Member
If Franklin somehow manages to leapfrog Arnel and Southee as a paceman, or even worse as a paceman in an attack featuring tow pace bowlers and Jeetan Patel, that will trump every other stupid thing the NZ selectors have done in the last few years. And there have been a fair few.Cricinfo
New Zealand (probable): 1 Tim McIntosh, 2 Brendon McCullum, 3 BJ Watling, 4 Ross Taylor,5 Jesse Ryder, 6 Kane Williamson, 7 Daniel Vettori (capt), 8 Gareth Hopkins (wk), 9 Jeetan Patel, 10 James Franklin, 11 Chris Martin
In fact, it would be almost Bracewell-like.
Athlai
Not Terrible
Stupidest selection since the last game.
Franklin Martin and one of Southee or Arnel.
Average of 10 against Bangladesh and 16 against Zimbabwe then an average of 44 against Australia. The guys a hack and has never been able to hack it.
morgieb
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Reckon he actually is tbh.
Athlai
Not Terrible
Very good figures against England, South Africa, Pakistan and Sri Lanka too. Franklin also with a 3 match series averaging less than 35 against Australia.
Removed Bangers and Zim http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine...8;spanval1=span;template=results;type=bowling
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Prince EWS
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Pfft most bowlers averaged 40+ against Australia those days. Chris Martin averages about 10,000 against them. Averaging 27 against England, 25 against South Africa, 28 against Sri Lanka and 28 against Pakistan isn't anything to sneeze at. He also had a remarkable record when he bowled in tandem with Bond IIRC - he really lifted with him at the other end.
Franklin may be a pie-chucker these days but he was a quality Test bowler for a while there.
Howsie
International Captain
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So three quicks then perhaps, should be Martin, Southee and Arnel imo.
Athlai
Not Terrible
Franklin's Test record against the top 8 pre injury compared to other pace bowlers of that time.
Bowling records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | Cricinfo.com
Bowling records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | Cricinfo.com
Athlai
Not Terrible
Would like it but I can't see how it'd worth with the team balance. I'm looking forward to seeing those 3 in NZ conditions though.
morgieb
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Someone to tell Franklin that's he's a bowler imo - would fix your lot seam problems in no time.
Athlai
Not Terrible
Injury ruined his bowling
And during it he just worked very hard on his batting. Has had his best bowling season in a long time though so I'm interested to see how he is looking. It's likely that he is still a shadow of his former self.