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No 5/50 and 5/28, it's just that he was snuffed out by another bowler having a great match.McGrath took all 10 wickets in the innings???? 10/78
No 5/50 and 5/28, it's just that he was snuffed out by another bowler having a great match.McGrath took all 10 wickets in the innings???? 10/78
Broad, maybe? If only he'd batted in the 3rd Test.We wait for Edgbaston to see if Broad or Dravid come into contention for this list.
He had a very good series against Sri Lanka at home (had a poor record in Sri Lanka...) in 1999 but I think you are thinking of Flower against South Africa in 2001.Didn't Andy Flower also play a great series in Sri Lanka finishing on a losing side? Those were 2 tests or 3?
Has to be up there. First two are two of the most complete bowling all-rounder performances I've seen in ages.Broad, maybe? If only he'd batted in the 3rd Test.
vs India at Lord's: 0, 4-37, 74*, 3-57
vs India at Trent Bridge: 64, 6-46, 44, 2-30
vs India at Edgbaston: 4-53, DNB, 2-28
Could also be his series vs India in 2000.He had a very good series against Sri Lanka at home (had a poor record in Sri Lanka...) in 1999 but I think you are thinking of Flower against South Africa in 2001.
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Only the 2 tests but Steyn averaged 9 with the ball in that series, took 20 wickets (+ he took Craig Cummings out of the game in the first innings 2nd test) and was taking a wicket pretty much every 20 balls.Off the top of my head, to match those, I can only think of Cook's run from the start of this year:
189 vs Australia
133 vs Sri Lanka
96 & 106 vs Sri Lanka
Didn't Steyn once have a series against NZ where he took 10-fers in all the matches?
2 match test series in India + a test on road Nagpur = insane averages for opposition batsman.Could also be his series vs India in 2000.
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Didn't realise quite how good Flower was in 2000/01 - 1900-odd runs @ 84
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He became the first Test cricketer to score 100 runs and take 10 wickets in that matchsomeone was asking about Davo in that series:
Brisbane (1st Test)
5/132, 44, 6/87, 80
Melbourne (2nd Test)
35, 6/53, 2/51, dnb
Sydney (3rd Test)
5/80, 16, 3/33, 1
27 wickets @ 16.15, 176 runs @ 35.2
Not too shabby. He missed the 4th test, but came back with 6-fer in the 5th.
The man is a freak. A ****ing freak!Only the 2 tests but Steyn averaged 9 with the ball in that series, took 20 wickets (+ he took Craig Cummings out of the game in the first innings 2nd test) and was taking a wicket pretty much every 20 balls.
Broad is averaging 11.95 against a much better batting side leave his batting side just as a bowler he might be having one of the greatest series ever for a fast bowler.The man is a freak. A ****ing freak!
Yeah he is, add in the batting and he is having one of the best series by any player ever. He has stats that Botham, Imran etc... would kill for in such a massive series.Broad is averaging 11.95 against a much better batting side leave his batting side just as a bowler he might be having one of the greatest series ever for a fast bowler.
Partially thanks to this series, he's actually been doing that for about two years now.Yeah he is, add in the batting and he is having one of the best series by any player ever. He has stats that Botham, Imran etc... would kill for in such a massive series.
The big test for Broad is that he has to do it again on a consistant basis, obviously nobody is expecting performances at the same level but a longish run averaging over 30 with the bat and less than 30 with ball would be very good as far as the team is concerned and the way he would be perceived as a player worldwide.