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I think we're all agreed that the acid tests (no pun intended) are coming up in South Africa and then the Ashes series, but in my opinion Harmison has already established himself as a very good bowler.
Please do tell what he is saying then.yaju said:Rik isn't saying that Harminson is not a good bowler.
flemming is too overated by many on this sitemarc71178 said:Take it in context, I was talking about the lack of any star players in the side, but Fleming makes them greater than the sum of their individual parts.
Yeah I agree. He is rated as the best captain in the world by many on this site, and he is often given credit for tactics that are not really planned or come off through luck rather than judgement. He has a better record than any other Kiwi captain but this is not solely due to his captaincy, he has better players than most of the other New Zealand captains. He is a good captain, no doubt, but overrated and not the best around.TDCC Young Guns said:flemming is too overated by many on this site
So I take it you know the NZ plans and are in on the NZ team talks then? Fleming is easily the best captain in world cricket, and the longest serving. Ganguly doesn't have anything on him. Both Fleming and Ganguly's captaincy against Australia were good, but Fleming has been doing it for longer and is proven against more opposition.a massive zebra said:Yeah I agree. He is rated as the best captain in the world by many on this site, and he is often given credit for tactics that are not really planned or come off through luck rather than judgement. He has a better record than any other Kiwi captain but this is not solely due to his captaincy, he has better players than most of the other New Zealand captains. He is a good captain, no doubt, but overrated and not the best around.
IMO the best captain in the world is clearly Ganguly. They are a real force despite having very limited bowling resources.
He made steady improvements in which you had to watch and witness then what you will see on the scorecard. It was an improvement in results, but he did become more confident in his run up and got over his homesickness while he was over here.yaju said:Rik isn't saying that Harminson is not a good bowler. Mind you, he is yet to perform well against Australia in Australia, which is any player's ultimate test.
err no...fleming is undoubtedly the best captain in the world ATM....anybody who saw the recent NZ-SA series or even the last Aus-NZ series would know that. without star players he managed to pull off a champions trophy and without star players hes managed to make it twice into 2 wc semifinals.a massive zebra said:Yeah I agree. He is rated as the best captain in the world by many on this site, and he is often given credit for tactics that are not really planned or come off through luck rather than judgement. He has a better record than any other Kiwi captain but this is not solely due to his captaincy, he has better players than most of the other New Zealand captains. He is a good captain, no doubt, but overrated and not the best around.
IMO the best captain in the world is clearly Ganguly. They are a real force despite having very limited bowling resources.
3 whole innings because a change of action doesn't take any getting used to does it?Richard said:The improvement in accuracy did not coincide with the start of the wicket-taking spree.
There was a lag-time of 3 innings.
A rather irrelevant comment there.marc71178 said:3 whole innings because a change of action doesn't take any getting used to does it?
The fact that he has a knack for spotting talent and sticking to them till the end, no matter what, means nothing ?tooextracool said:the only reason why Ganguly is a good captain is that hes arrogant and commands respect from the side.....
Marc I know this maybe an irrelevant comment here, but do you actually have Sky Sports or do you base a lot of your opinions on England performances aboard via radio?marc71178 said:Actually the improvement coincided with Cooley looking at his action and modifying it.