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Which of these fast bowlers will do a....
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Faisal1985
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Whats an Anderson and Zaheer Khan?
Xuhaib
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resurrecting there mid 30's average mid career and ending up as world class bowler.
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Broad and Ishant look the best bets. Both are tall fast bowlers who on the occasions they get it right are deadly. If they gain the consistancy then both will be top class.
Why no Sami in the poll?
Why no Sami in the poll?
Xuhaib
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Anderson kept on threatening for couple of years he would have couple of very good games then follow it up with 2 games of awfulness it was only the summer of 2010 when he really started showing consistent results and since then he has continued.
Zaheer was more sudden he was average had a county stint came back and then suddenly he was good.
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Jacknife
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Anderson has gone to another level, since we changed bowling coaches and brought Saker in, same could be said for most of the England bowlers in that regard.
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Definitive.
Agent Nationaux
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I have selected Gul because I have hope, but so far he doesn't look as if he will become great. For one thing Gul isn't an intelligent bowler. However he has improved from say 3 years ago.
Faisal1985
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From what I am seeing Gul do in this test....he is good but needs to cut down on the senseless garbage that he starts throwing down one after another....only if he is more disciplined he could be very good.
What I really enjoyed was his ability to bring the ball back into the lefty...and also take it across.
has the variety, good yorker...nice pace...just needs to plan better.
What I really enjoyed was his ability to bring the ball back into the lefty...and also take it across.
has the variety, good yorker...nice pace...just needs to plan better.
Cabinet96
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My exact first thought.
I reckon Broad is most likely if he can continue his form against India for a while then it's likely he could end up with a great record. He constantly looked threatening against India.
FBU
International Debutant
Anderson had other issues like having his bowling action changed 3 times. Playing without match practice and being an injury replacement bowler for Fletcher so he was always in and out of the team. Zaheer changed after his stint with Worcs in 2006 bowling over 600 overs.
vic_orthdox
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I guess he's a bit younger, but if he can start stringing some Tests together (a combination of scheduling and injury being the issue) then I can see Southee's career having a similar trajectory. Reckon he might be a bit inconsistent over the next couple of years, but when he hits 27 or so finding a big second wind.
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Going out on a limb here, but I'd expect Gul to come out as the champion (relatively) among his contemporaries. Man's got the whole package and is one of the rarest commodities in Pakistan cricket - a seam bowler who prides himself in using the new ball well.
Discipline and greater consistency (more in terms of length than line, IMHO) should bring him more success.
Broad is a very promising bet, but I'm still not fully sold. Yes, he had a great series and all the raw material is there; it's just that I'd like to see more evidence of fruitification. Would't want English fans to crucify me for this, but I believe that certain factions did get somewhat carried away after his dream series against India.
Let's just play one ball at a time, shall we?I don't see Sharma become an incisive bowler in all conditions. He's too much pitch dependant and his complete inability to get swing in the air off a goodish length would mean that he can be made to look innocuous on more occasions than he'd like. Still think he'll play a lot of tests and could end up with a satisfactory career.
Edwards does promise a lot. Speed, an awkward angle and uncomfortable late away movement with the new ball and reverse swing with the old one. I'd ve very surprised if he doesn't improve his consistency and end up serving West Indies well. Injuries permitting, I'd expect him to drag his average down to the low 30s, which considering his expensive start and the fact that he's a strike bowler, should be a pretty good achievement.
Siddle? Lol!
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I'd suggest that most of the overreaction over Broad comes from the same people who had (just as erroneously) written him off after the Sri Lanka series, rather than English fans in particular. People tend to take the idea that you're only as good as your last series too far.Broad is a very promising bet, but I'm still not fully sold. Yes, he had a great series and all the raw material is there; it's just that I'd like to see more evidence of fruitification. Would't want English fans to crucify me for this, but I believe that certain factions did get somewhat carried away after his dream series against India.
Siddle? Lol!
Before the India series I thought he was a talented bowler who had had a poor start to his career, and had fallen off the track somewhat lately. Now I think he's still the same talented bowler, and has managed a promising glimmer towards consistency, but is yet to prove that. I'd say most England fans would agree.
Siddle's a good bowler. He's underrated for two reasons - firstly because of the bizarre and inherently mockable way people in the CA set up have defended him, and because he became the bowler to bowl Ricky Ponting's next weird idea time after time, whether he was the bowler for the job or not.
People forget that he's taken down some very good batting lineups in a variety of conditions, that's not to be sneezed at. And while people tend to compare his inconsistency to that of Johnson's, I've never seen him bowl as badly as MJ on a bad day.
He probably doesn't make his side's first choice Test XI at the moment, so is some way behind the others in this poll. But I don't think he should be written off.
Agent Nationaux
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Disagree about Southee. I think he is already a good bowler and will get much better. His time with Donald was great for him.