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Worst regular bowler for a top side
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cnerd123
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but it's true
Boje had a pretty good arm ball too. Don't recall Harris' arm ball being all that flash.
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Even Mark Richardson changed his tune on him at the end. Harsh. Very harsh. In a thread with Wood, Henry, Salisbury, Sami, and you go with Martin. Harsh.
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Yeah while there was a period where his stats were kinda ordinary, his post readmission stats now look good enough (average of around 33 which isn't horrible). And would looks heaps better with more luck (and not the Ishant kind).
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Mr Miyagi
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Sometimes you troll well. This isn't one of those times.
sledger
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Yes, probably because it wasn't a troll. The notion of Pakistan being a "top team" is genuinely laughable. Next we'll be hearing about how Sri Lanka are a major player on the international circuit as well.
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Well let me know when England beats Pakistan at home or away next.
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cnerd123
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I'd have mentioned the stats in my posts but as you can see I have people to do it for me
He came to mind for me first. ***** however has spotted Sami's horrendous 52.74 average from 36 tests.
An interesting thing about Sami is the split year by year. He started off promisingly in his first few tests, then it all went downhill for him.
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He averages 63.67 in Asia...horrible reading for him..
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I dunno John, on closer inspect that looks like one good first test with 8 wickets, a fair third test, and then a continuous pile of crap thereafter
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I would say Giles from an English perspective. Even in the 2005 Ashes we persisted with him every game and he took 10 wickets @ 57.8. We didn't need him in the side and had good seam options over him. I like picking a spinner if he's worth his place in the side, but there's a strong argument England would have been better off just picking seamers at that point in time. He also only averaged 19.38 with the bat that series.
They used to say he was worth being in because he could bat. But only average 20 with the bat and we had plenty of decent bowlers then. Giles averaged ~41 with the ball with a strike rate of 85.1. I wasn't a fan that's for sure. Especially at home where he averaged 43.11 and 85.7 strike rate and often got picked in seamer friendly conditions.
They used to say he was worth being in because he could bat. But only average 20 with the bat and we had plenty of decent bowlers then. Giles averaged ~41 with the ball with a strike rate of 85.1. I wasn't a fan that's for sure. Especially at home where he averaged 43.11 and 85.7 strike rate and often got picked in seamer friendly conditions.
The sixth test dragged his average back slightly, after that he had a nightmare thoughI dunno John, on closer inspect that looks like one good first test with 8 wickets, a fair third test, and then a continuous pile of crap thereafter
sledger
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Why on earth would I do that?
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It's been a while.