Chris Woakes v. Jacob Oram

[andruid]

Another quagmire to ponder. Who's the better allrounder at international level

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Woakes stays fit so wins it.

Oram could play though, on the rare occasions his body allowed.

 

[91Jmay]

Oram better career so far but think Woakes surpasses him in Tests. More of a strike bowler

 

[Blocky]

Habibul ATG.

 

[Blocky]

Whoever the **** in the NZ Camp is responsible for this batting - playing at the fifth line with a bowler going across you when it's short is ridiculous.

 

[smash84]

Woakes definitely

 

[GIMH]

Oram better career so far but think Woakes surpasses him in Tests. More of a strike bowler

This is the biggest surprise on Cricket Web since I picked Flintoff over Cairns

 

[Flem274*]

call me when woakes belts shane warne or shoiab around in a test match

 

[TheJediBrah]

call me when woakes belts shane warne or shoiab around in a test match

You know, I would bet my house that he probably never will tbh. He's just not good enough I guess

 

[Dan]

Woakes is a far, far better cricketer IMO but you can't pick him over Oram (yet) based on international results.

 

[jcas0167]

Haven't seen a lot of Woakes, but Oram was a 6 foot 6 power-hitting beast. The six off McGrath at 1.01 remains one of my favourites. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any footage of his century at the Gabba in 2004 against a very good Australian attack. Richard Hadlee said in his latest book that he felt Oram might have been better off focusing on his batting (he only really took up bowling in his late teens) given all the injury problems he had.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuxacZ9pWOA

 

[Daemon]

Oram was such a beastly fielder too. That catch he took in the 2011 WC against SA basically won the game for them.

 

[DriveClub]

Sorry whenever I think of oram the only thing that comes to mind is being bowled by murali when oram was defending outside off and got bowled behind his legs. Hilarious.

 

[African Monkey]

Woakes probably shades him bowling wise but Jacob Oram was a far better bat. People regard Oram as a big hitter but he was also a very under-rated middle order bat in the test game as well when he wasn't injured where he could score quickly when needed and grind it out when the going was tough.

 

[DriveClub]

 

[Smudge]

whoever the **** in the nz camp is responsible for this batting - playing at the fifth line with a bowler going across you when it's short is ridiculous.

ok . . .

 

[91Jmay]

Woakes probably shades him bowling wise but Jacob Oram was a far better bat. People regard Oram as a big hitter but he was also a very under-rated middle order bat in the test game as well when he wasn't injured where he could score quickly when needed and grind it out when the going was tough.

Woakes has a first class average of 36 vs Oran's 33. I don't think one is far better than the other. Woakes will likely get less opportunity to bat in Tests.