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Would Jimmy Anderson make Australia's full strength side?
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Gob
International Coach
Wut? Hazlewood took crucial wickets which actually affected the outcomes of the games. Anderson mostly padded up his average either when the game was effectively over (Adelaide) or Aust trying to hit out after 550 (Perth)
Groundking
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TheJediBrah
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It's true that Anderson didn't do much when the game was actually there for the taking. "Padding his stats" may sound harsh, but there's an element of truth to saying that he often took wickets when it didn't matter.
Gob
International Coach
That was Sydney.He didn't get any wickets in perth once the game was over, he got his only wicket in the 32nd over claiming Warner for 56. Did you even watch this series
Jimmy got his first wicket when the score was 449 in Perth and went on to get 3 more.Did you even watch this series
Groundking
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Gob
International Coach
Ftr i was wrong too. It was 549 not 449 sorry
Spark
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????He didn't get any wickets in perth once the game was over, he got his only wicket in the 32nd over claiming Warner for 56. Did you even watch this series
He got a whole stack of wickets on the 4th morning.
Gob
International Coach
Read the rest of the tread boi
oblongballs
U19 Debutant
If we are talking about this, current version of Jimmy, then no. It would be impossible picking him over Starc and Hazlewood. It would probably be slightly closer between him and Cummins but I'd pick the guy with more pace.
If we go back a few years then yes, that version of Jimmy trumps every Aussie test fast bowler this century except McGrath.
If we go back a few years then yes, that version of Jimmy trumps every Aussie test fast bowler this century except McGrath.
Gob
International Coach
What has changed?
He is bowling as well as he ever was and ranked no 1 in the world. Apparently no drop of pace either
oblongballs
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Gob
International Coach
No i'm asking what he did before? I can't recall a drop in of pace unless we are going back to 2010
Black_Warrior
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GuyFromLancs
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Burgey tagged it right above, he’d have been dropped long ago. Kudos to England for persisting with him through a hellish 3 year spell when he was the weakest link (when he was picked) before having aa complete Damascene conversion around 07/08 when he started banging them in on an almost perfect line and length with mundane consistency, whilst still maintaining the ability to bowl miracle balls when the mood took (see Brendon McCullum 2008 for example).
After Steyn and a completely focused and in form Mitchell Johnson, there’s not a quick I’d take produced in the past 15 years ahead of him.
After Steyn and a completely focused and in form Mitchell Johnson, there’s not a quick I’d take produced in the past 15 years ahead of him.
hazsa19
International Regular
Have to take into account the performances of the bowling unit though. We were absolutely thumped in this series. Broad was dreadful, our 'spinner' probably put in one of the worse series perfomances you'll ever see, and did we even have a 3rd seamer? Yet he still managed to bowl with an average of 27 and an ER of around 2. Quite remarkable really. Have to reason that with better support he would have taken more wickets.
oblongballs
U19 Debutant
Again, I am not knocking what Jimmy can do. It's not that long ago that he looked like pure magic here in the home summer. My point is, at this point, would the majority pick him over the Aussie pace line up, I just don't think so.
