Hmm, obviously neither of us can read the selector's minds but I doubt Mahmood and especially Harmison are still in the running ahead of Woakes, Davies or Harris.
In the long format, its gotta be Marto. Southee also is probably generally going to be more likely to get you wickets than Arnel as well, though he'd also go for more runs.
Yeah, Southee is more likely to pull off a great spell if the conditions/his temperament suit. Arnel I think has a better all-round bowling game; Stuart Clark-like (not a current Clark).
Never seen the boy bowl, but if he can turn out the kind of stats at Taunton he did last year (huge if, admittedly) he could come into contention.Gemaal Hussain ftw
Hasn't played much First Class stuff and has been fairly average when he has played.
Hmm. Fair dos then I suppose. I've been wrong before; Doherty impressed me in the same game.
Haha, Starc's a lot different. He's just distinctly unproven; Doherty had proven to be rubbish for an extended period and then had a very small period of apparent improvement. It wouldn't surprise me much at all if Starc found his way onto that list rather quickly; he's got all the tools. He just hasn't done anything yet.Hmm. Fair dos then I suppose. I've been wrong before; Doherty impressed me in the same game.
Move on without him? He is still 28, he's got a few good years left in him if he can reproduce his Edgbaston 09 form. You're right in that he'll need another half a season or so in county cricket to prove his worth but Tremlett has shown that you can still get back in the reckoning after injury if you've got the talent and work rate. And Onions' injury wasn't as bad as Tremlett's. I thought Onions looked a great bowler, north-east bias aside, so hope to see him playing again soon.
He was, imo, desperately unlucky to be dropped for the final test in SA. 'Great's overstating it, but I do think he's good. It's unfortunate for him that he's been leapfrogged by the guys we've seen in this series, but I agree that he should be close to the frame again once he's fit & firing, depending on form & fitness of the guys in the current squad.
there are a lot of guys who are averaging low 20's in the domestic circut but that may be due to low batting standards a lot of unproven material atm though good thing is bowlers like Rana,Rao,Arafat are not topping the domestic bowling charts so could mean there are better bowling talents then these guys.
lol....there is hope indeed
It's hard to say with a lot of our fellas as a lot are unproven really, even at FC level, as Cribb said. Of those in and around the national set up, it's best to describe them as mercurial IMO. They can each bowl well, but don't seem to string it together for long periods.
