England : Best bowling attack in the current world cup?

GIMH · 06-03-2011, 01:02 PM

165 V South Africa

mrcheek · 06-03-2011, 01:36 PM

Pace and bounce from Broad, reverse swing from Anderson, control from Bresnan, the best spinner in Swann, and backup from Yardy and Pietersen.

Lots of versatility there, I would agree they have the best attack, unlike say the one dimensional pace of Australia, and India's long-hop-bowling spinners.....

irottev · 06-03-2011, 02:14 PM

Dream on. Most inconsistent YES! Being inconsistent is a very bad thing to be.

Spark · 06-03-2011, 06:07 PM

IF they bowl anywhere near like they can, then absolutely. Broad is a superb one-day bowler, Swann is world class and Anderson can bowl magic balls. 5th bowler is a problem but Bresnan nowadays is a perfectly good foil for the three of them.

Jono · 06-03-2011, 06:11 PM

Now that KP has gone home they will be missing their second best spinner, which is a huge loss.

GotSpin · 06-03-2011, 06:27 PM

piss orfff corrin

vcs · 06-03-2011, 07:20 PM

SA for me. Great depth, variety, bowlers who can produce magic and plenty of wicket-takers.

Burgey · 06-03-2011, 07:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrcheek

Pace and bounce from Broad, reverse swing from Anderson, control from Bresnan, the best spinner in Swann, and backup from Yardy and Pietersen.

Lots of versatility there, I would agree they have the best attack, unlike say the one dimensional pace of Australia, and India's long-hop-bowling spinners.....

Ignore the big spinning Crayfish and Ferret Face at your peril!!!

Weston-Super-Mare a genuinely gun place name btw.

Mike5181 · 06-03-2011, 08:37 PM

One good performance doesn't excuse the other three bad ones. South Africa bowled marginally as good in the same game.

Maximus0723 · 06-03-2011, 09:10 PM

I would say,
Tier 1-SA
2- Aus, Pak
3- Eng, SL
4- NZ, WI, Ind

Teja. · 06-03-2011, 10:01 PM

I still haven't seen enough evidence to rate Anderson to be consistently decent in the SC. Broad and Swann, as I've always maintained, are extremely good LO bowlers though.

Rate Oz and SA ahead on how I think they'll perform in the rest of the WC.

TumTum · 06-03-2011, 10:01 PM

Ha, no.

irottev · 06-03-2011, 10:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike5181

One good performance doesn't excuse the other three bad ones. South Africa bowled marginally as good in the same game.

Exactly. If England set 300 and they were bowled out for that score then it'd show the English attack as pretty good. As it was though, a tough pitch to bat on, I think most sides woulda done similar.

Spark · 06-03-2011, 10:42 PM

That was no way a 170 vs. 170 pitch. 200 was at least a par score on that pitch. Both sides bowled well and batted horribly.

Let me make it clear - given the haphazard usage of Swann, the inexplicable underbowling (not to mention late bowling) of Anderson and Broad and the reliance on KP and Yardy (ffs) when the game was there for the killing, SA should still have won it. But those three alone bowling as they can bowl - like they did yesterday, like they did most of last year - are IMO amongst the best in the world. I really don't want to split them, SA and our trio.

Jono · 06-03-2011, 10:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maximus0723

I would say,
Tier 1-SA
2- Aus, Pak
3- Eng, SL
4- NZ, WI, Ind

Why is Pak ahead of SL? About even for mine.

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Spark Global Moderator Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: A Blood Rainbow Posts: 26,757	That was no way a 170 vs. 170 pitch. 200 was at least a par score on that pitch. Both sides bowled well and batted horribly. Let me make it clear - given the haphazard usage of Swann, the inexplicable underbowling (not to mention late bowling) of Anderson and Broad and the reliance on KP and Yardy (ffs) when the game was there for the killing, SA should still have won it. But those three alone bowling as they can bowl - like they did yesterday, like they did most of last year - are IMO amongst the best in the world. I really don't want to split them, SA and our trio. Last edited by Spark; 06-03-2011 at 10:46 PM.

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mrcheek School Boy/Girl Cricketer Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Weston-super-Mare Posts: 67	Pace and bounce from Broad, reverse swing from Anderson, control from Bresnan, the best spinner in Swann, and backup from Yardy and Pietersen. Lots of versatility there, I would agree they have the best attack, unlike say the one dimensional pace of Australia, and India's long-hop-bowling spinners.....

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vcs International Coach Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: India Posts: 10,305	SA for me. Great depth, variety, bowlers who can produce magic and plenty of wicket-takers.

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