How on Earth is Noffke below all that lot when none of them (that's Bollinger, Siddle and Hilfenhaus obviously) have even strung 2 good seasons together?
Doug Bollinger
2002-03 - 13 wickets @ 59.07
2003-04 - 1 wicket @ 87.00
2004-05 - 2 wickets @ 102.00
2005-06 - 10 wickets @ 58.70
2006-07 - 37 wickets @ 28.37
2007-08 - 45 wickets @ 15.44
One good season and one excellent season, consecutively, from where I sit. I think you underestimate how hard it is to take 37 wickets @ 28 in Australian First Class cricket TBH - the standard of the batting and the state of the pitches certainly make that a "good season", albeit not an excellent one as such.
It's not the sort of thing that screams out "proven long-term First Class performer" or anything, as some people seem to think, but I don't think it's that different from what Noffke has done of late, really.
Ashley Noffke
1999-00 - 6 wickets @ 17.50
2000-01 - 15 wickets @ 35.15
2001-02 - 29 wickets @ 28.46
2002-03 - 41 wickets @ 22.65
2003-04 - 15 wickets @ 51.33
2004-05 - 23 wickets @ 37.91
2005-06 - 17 wickets @ 30.94
2006-07 - 30 wickets @ 24.30
2007-08 - 51 wickets @ 19.03
He's been good in the last two seasons - like Bollinger - but not exactly better than him. He barely played in 2005-06 as he was on the outer from horrible showings in the previous two seasons.. you have to go back to 2001-02 and 2002-03 before to find another patch where he's done well in consecutive seasons.
I can definitely see the statisitcal argument for why Noffke should be ahead of Bollinger in the pecking order, but I don't think it's a complete disgrace that he isn't. There's a lot of ability and promise amongst the Australian quicks but as I showed in the other thread when I posted these stats the first time, there hasn't really been anyone put their hand up and consisently do it for three seasons in a row. Even two has been a rarity and the suggestion that Noffke has been "banging the door down" is a bit exaggerated given the relatively small period he has been performing well consistently for. I agree that he should be ahead of Siddle and Hilfenhaus based on his domestic exploits but he doesn't demand selection as much as people seem to think, particularly as a specialist bowler.