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Is Pace An Overrated Asset?

Richard

Cricket Web Staff Member
twctopcat said:
Agreed but i meant the yorker in that if done well enough at 90mph i can't see a way of stopping it unless you have super reactions. With the edge it won't get the batsmen every time if you see my point. I prob wouldn't be good enough to get the edge!
Well, the ball that will either take the edge or - upon play-and-miss - hit the stumps.
Almost as thrilling as the Yorker, that one.
No, there's no realistic way of stopping either that or the Yorker that swings late at 90mph!
 

twctopcat

International Regular
Richard said:
Well, the ball that will either take the edge or - upon play-and-miss - hit the stumps.
Almost as thrilling as the Yorker, that one.
No, there's no realistic way of stopping either that or the Yorker that swings late at 90mph!
True. Good one i saw recently was the laxim balaji one that bowled Vaughan in the natwest ODI. Only just clipped the off stump bail, what a jaffer!
 

Richard

Cricket Web Staff Member
twctopcat said:
With regards to Simon Jones i think he has bowled better than his figures suggest and to be fair to him he hasn't actually bowled much at all in 2 years. He himself seems to admit that he is still recovering in terms of rythm since the injury. I think he will be a great asset in years to come.
I don't really think so - he's bowled well in patches but when he's not been good he's been quite terrible and that's reflected in his figures.
If he can bowl like he does when he bowls well more, yes, he could be a great asset, but I'm going to wait and see whether it happens before commenting on the issue.
 

twctopcat

International Regular
marc71178 said:
Could his lack of consistency be related to his injury problems?
Exactly, apart from the tests since recovery he hasn't hardly bowled on the domestic scene at all.
 

Richard

Cricket Web Staff Member
He hardly bowled on the domestic scene even before 2002\03 and the Australia tour.
Mainly because before 2002 he wasn't considered good enough.
I think his inconsistency could be related to a lack of ability - we'll see eventually.
 

marc71178

Eyes not spreadsheets
If he lacked the ability, how come he's been able to bowl well?

If he lacked the ability, he'd be consistently poor.
 

Richard

Cricket Web Staff Member
Maybe he lacks the ability to bowl well consistently?
Until he bowls well consistently that is the only logical conclusion.
 

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