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The most annoying thing is he bowls good yorkers, and length balls, but from nowhere he comes up those short balls and slower balls, i think someone like Cooley should have worked on stuff like this with him.

Sometimes it's a basic technical flaw where he falls away

At other times, he seems to forget he's a swing bowler

 

[pup11]

Bracken has been garbage in the last 3 games as well - seems to have dropped his bundle not that it's obvious jis chances of test selection are about as high as mine

Was pretty good in the first game though, but has been anything like his usual self in the last two games, and Australia' bowling in the batting power-play has been pretty poor too right through this summer.

 

[Prince EWS]

Hopes bowling the last over should be interesting.

Nah, Ponting will bowl White.

 

[Prince EWS]

Was pretty good in the first game though, but has been anything like his usual self in the last two games

Or perhaps he was uncharacteristically effective in the first game and has returned to the status quo since then..

He's never been a particularly effective OD bowler even for Tasmania.

 

[Johnners]

Johnson back to his best today.

EDIT: Top effort from Taylor though, fantastic. Has really looked serious and in charge this series.

AWTA, Johnners has also been a little unlucky imo. Had 2/3 chances not quite go to hand, and a couple of edges for 4.

 

[ripper868]

Hopes bowling the last over should be interesting.

already had 10 hasnt he? or so cricbuzz tells me

 

[Craig]

Mills out.

 

[Prince EWS]

already had 10 hasnt he? or so cricbuzz tells me

Nah, 9 overs 2/28.

 

[stephen]

Good ball that one from Bracken.

 

[inbox24]

Handy innings from Mills, I guess he's not your average run of the Mill tail ender.

 

[ripper868]

Nah, 9 overs 2/28.

cricbuzz lied to me ...at work and not near a tv...yet.

 

[stephen]

Nah, 9 overs 2/28.

Mathematically can't go for more than 6.5 runs per over.

 

[Nate]

Or perhaps he was uncharacteristically effective in the first game and has returned to the status quo since then..

He's never been a particularly effective OD bowler even for Tasmania.

He's talking about Brax.

 

[Flem274*]

Handy innings from Mills, I guess he's not your average run of the Mill tail ender.

Give up plz

 

[Prince EWS]

He's talking about Brax.

Ahh I see, fair enough. 99% of his posts in this thread today have been about Hilfenhaus though so I was unlucky.

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

Mathematically can't go for more than 6.5 runs per over.

Quite the statistician.
.....but he can, actually.

 

[pup11]

Sometimes it's a basic technical flaw where he falls away

At other times, he seems to forget he's a swing bowler

Yeah that too and i think there is a concentration problem too, we usually associate concentration with batsmen, but with bowlers too the concentration and patience to work over a batsman with a particular line or plan is important.

Hilfenhaus just seems to get bored after a bowling a few good balls of similar lengths or lines, and tries something different there after and that's been the biggest issue with him so far.

 

[pasag]

Both sides should be pretty disappointed with this. NZ that they didn't cash in earlier on an easy pitch against average bowling and Aus that they weren't able to finish them off after they'd been gifted such a good start.

 

[stephen]

Slats in "Hopes for the test squad" shocker.

 

[Prince EWS]

Mathematically can't go for more than 6.5 runs per over.

72 consecutive no-balls IMO.