Would you pick Stuart Broad as a bowler alone?

[Adders]

Stuart Broad at the top of his mark, ready to bowl his first ball of the Test...

This was exactly my first thoughts when I heard he was going to bowl in a mask.........Hannibal's coming for your liver Vijay.

 

[Prince EWS]

I guess people are missing the question. If I've understood it correctly, he's basically asking if Broad should play if he can't bat, meaning we would finish both innings 9 down

Yeah; "couldn't bat" in the most literal sense. Not just "batted like Anderson".

As long as playing didn't risk further injury to a greater extent than 'normal' and he could still field, I'd still play him.

 

[Blocky]

I would - the reality is he's a proven match winner for them when he gets it right, is coming off a six-fer within an innings and has looked much better this season than recently.

 

[SteveNZ]

Cannot fathom how he would be able to bowl with a busted nose but not bat with it. If he's at a level where he can run in effectively without major pain/loss of coordination, he can face up and swat a few. Back away if you have to, he did it all summer in Australia.

 

[Prince EWS]

Cannot fathom how he would be able to bowl with a busted nose but not bat with it. If he's at a level where he can run in effectively without major pain/loss of coordination, he can face up and swat a few. Back away if you have to, he did it all summer in Australia.

I agree; I see this purely as a hypothetical.

 

[Blocky]

Cannot fathom how he would be able to bowl with a busted nose but not bat with it. If he's at a level where he can run in effectively without major pain/loss of coordination, he can face up and swat a few. Back away if you have to, he did it all summer in Australia.

He's English and a bit of a ponce - that's the issue.

 

[GIMH]

He's English and a bit of a ponce - that's the issue.

What a bunch of ****.

 

[GIMH]

If your specialist batsmen can't make enough runs to win the game on their own, you probably don't deserve to win it anyway. Your batsmen bat and your bowlers bowl; any crossover in skills is just a really nice bonus.

Eh, probably agree with the rest of your post but this is somewhat idealistic and not really true.

 

[Jono]

yes

 

[harsh.ag]

Yeah, and yes, this does mean that bowlers in today's game are far more important than the bats. They bat and clean up the **** behind batting collapses well too. And the team which does that best usually wins.

Philander, Bhuvi, Ashwin, Siddle, Vettori, Broad worth their weight in gold.

 

[Blocky]

What a bunch of ****.

Unless I'm mistaken, doesn't he have a track record of pulling up lame after one innings in quite a few tests now?

 

[91Jmay]

I reckon I'd play him just about, being 9 down at the end of each innings would cost us around 40 runs (at a guess) but our tail bats deep anyway and we are so starved of wicket takers.

 

[GIMH]

Unless I'm mistaken, doesn't he have a track record of pulling up lame after one innings in quite a few tests now?

Also called having injury problems sure

He's played through injury all of this summer btw

 

[Blocky]

Also called having injury problems sure

He's played through injury all of this summer btw

Yup, because it's not like almost every fast bowler ever has injuries that they bowl through - Ask Dale Steyn about playing through pain - mid test.

 

[91Jmay]

Yup, because it's not like almost every fast bowler ever has injuries that they bowl through - Ask Dale Steyn about playing through pain - mid test.

You're trying a bit to hard now. The subtle troll posts are better.

 

[Blocky]

You're trying a bit to hard now. The subtle troll posts are better.

Hardly a troll is it, when Broad goes down more than $5.50 hooker...

 

[Athlai]

Ah the good ol Hamiltron $5.50 lady of the night. Distinctly 'more downs gone' than the $5 variety.

 

[Blocky]

Ah the good ol Hamiltron $5.50 lady of the night. Distinctly 'more downs gone' than the $5 variety.

Well you do pay a premium for repeat quality now don't you...

But seriously, Broad isn't what I'd call the toughest kid out there when it comes to playing through pain, and we've seen more than one little temper tantrum from him which indicates he's hardly the Dale Steyn school of "I really don't care how my body feels, I'm here to murder you with a piece of leather and stitching"

 

[Flem274*]

Am I the only one cracking up at a former NZ FC seamer throwing stones over injury records?

 

[Spark]

Apropos of nothing...

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