BoyBrumby
Englishman
I agree with that. The Ashes was the first time I'd seen Punter bowl & I was surprised how decent he looked. He put it in the right area & got a bit of away movment too. IIRC he had a couple of deliveries nudging 80mph too, which is a v decent lick for a part-timer.Top_Cat said:I personally think that Vaughan, like a lot of people, under-rate Ricky's bowling. Unfortunately, he paid the price because although that spell wasn't hugely threatening, the ball which got Vaughan was of excellent line and hit the seam. Had Ricky not been such a good batsman, I'm certain he'd bowl a few more overs than he does. He actually used to be a fair bit quicker too.
Thought he looked a lot better bet as a fill-in bowler than Katich (who I think may have a 5-wicket haul in tests unless I imagined that), who bowled a lot of tripe but still managed to get MPV with a rank full-toss! Although, to be fair, I'd guess left-arm over the wrist bowling has got to be the hardest style to master.