Where will Jimmy finish?

[honestbharani]

Woakes to be the next Pollock.


And yes, I did respond seriously to a listentome thread..

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Woakes to be the next Pollock.


And yes, I did respond seriously to a listentome thread..

is he going to turn ginger?

 

[honestbharani]

Might as well.. Stokes and Woakes the new Kallis and Pollock.


I just hope we can be the new Australia of the 2000s..

 

[listento_me]

who's this biryani that keeps replying to me threads? doesn't the fool know he is on my ignore list

Maybe I should let him know via vegetable samosas, probably the only thing he understands

 

[honestbharani]

 

[Victor Ian]

Sharma would have been a great bowler if he was given green tops to bat on

If Sharma was Pakistani, he would have been gun regardless of the colour top.

 

[Shri]

But those jackets tho.

 

[vic_orthdox]

cherry picking blah blah but since 2010 the bloke has taken 319 at 25 a piece.

fella is undoubtedly blossomed into an absolute worldie.

Serious question? Has he underachieved over that period?

He's bowled some great spells, but a guy with his skills and bowling a lot of Tests in conducive conditions - should he have done better?

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Serious question? Has he underachieved over that period?

He's bowled some great spells, but a guy with his skills and bowling a lot of Tests in conducive conditions - should he have done better?

I would say no. Averaging about 25 for a long period puts him roughly with Jason Gillespie who was very good but below the very top tier and that fits quite well for Anderson. Just that Anderson has stayed much fitter over his career than Dizzy ever could.

 

[vic_orthdox]

I would say no. Averaging about 25 for a long period puts him roughly with Jason Gillespie who was very good but below the very top tier and that fits quite well for Anderson. Just that Anderson has stayed much fitter over his career than Dizzy ever could.

Yeah, Dizzy was my point of comparison when thinking about the above post. Dizzy averaged 26.5 or so over his career.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Yeah, Dizzy was my point of comparison when thinking about the above post. Dizzy averaged 26.5 or so over his career.

Ditto for Broad, take out the couple of years when he wasn't really ready but we kept picking him and he has a very similar record.

 

[Groundking]

Serious question? Has he underachieved over that period?

He's bowled some great spells, but a guy with his skills and bowling a lot of Tests in conducive conditions - should he have done better?

His average also isn't helped by the period where the bowling attack basically became him and Broad, and he Bowled 566 and 531 overs in 2012 and 2013 (by far the most overs he's bowled in and individual year, whilst also bowling in ODI's too, so strong evidence to suggest he was overbowled) taking 100 wickets at 30.71.

Take those two years out and his average since 2010 is 22.42 having taken 226 wickets.

 

[vic_orthdox]

You know what would have stopped him from having to bowl so many overs? Taking wickets quicker ... :

But yeah, seriously, fair point.

 

[listento_me]

If Sharma was Pakistani, he would have been gun regardless of the colour top.

he sharma was pakistani, he'd have been the best bowler they ever had

not every nation can be blessed by the likes of srisanth and yadav

 

[listento_me]

Ditto for Broad, take out the couple of years when he wasn't really ready but we kept picking him and he has a very similar record.

yeah lets just forget the moments in every career where a player wasn't playing well

smh

 

[FBU]

His average also isn't helped by the period where the bowling attack basically became him and Broad, and he Bowled 566 and 531 overs in 2012 and 2013 (by far the most overs he's bowled in and individual year, whilst also bowling in ODI's too, so strong evidence to suggest he was overbowled) taking 100 wickets at 30.71.

Take those two years out and his average since 2010 is 22.42 having taken 226 wickets.

Anderson and Johnson were the only bowlers to bowl 500+ in two consecutive years
566.2 & 531.5
585.0 & 502.5 2008/2009

Walsh had 5003 overs in his legs and Anderson needs 553 to reach him. Can't see him bowling more than that.
Walsh played 429 f/c games 1807 wickets. 104 5fers 20 10fers!!!!!! Anderson is a lightweight with 201 f/c matches. Even if he played for Lancs till he was 40 he wouldn't even be close.

 

[listento_me]

I guess the question to ask now is, of the bowlers Jimmy has surpassed in terms of wickets, is he greater than any of them and if so, how many?