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Re: The pink test (Sydney)
« Reply #30 on: January 01, 2014, 09:15:34 PM »

Or if not those, Stuart Meaker, Tymal Mills or Jamie Overton
Meaker could be worth a look at.

Mills is no more than another Tino Best at this stage. Fast but no control.

Overton looks a decent prospect.
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Re: The pink test (Sydney)
« Reply #31 on: January 01, 2014, 09:17:05 PM »

Yeah we had the luxury of Steyn, philander and Morkel plus Kallis and a spinner.

But there are a couple of very promising young spinners coming through. Maybe 18-24 months away from international cricket.

Which very promising spinners are coming through?
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Re: The pink test (Sydney)
« Reply #32 on: January 01, 2014, 09:19:18 PM »

There were also a couple of chaps called Donald and Pollock as well mate.Not wanting to forget those 2.
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Re: The pink test (Sydney)
« Reply #33 on: January 01, 2014, 09:20:46 PM »

Meaker could be worth a look at.

Mills is no more than another Tino Best at this stage. Fast but no control.

Overton looks a decent prospect.

If Meaker had a brain cell...

I think Topley should be seriously considered.
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Re: The pink test (Sydney)
« Reply #34 on: January 01, 2014, 09:23:53 PM »

Which very promising spinners are coming through?


Firdose Moonda put forward Leie and Harmer in a review of the two tests yesterday.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/46149.html

http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/432960.html



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Re: The pink test (Sydney)
« Reply #35 on: January 01, 2014, 09:25:06 PM »

Borthwick figures are hindered by playing at Durham, hardly a ground for a budding leg spinner to play at. I wouldn't read much into them.

Saw an interesting article in the telegraph from the guy who did the 2006/7 review. He didnt think it required a review this time around and in a nutshell he said it was a mistake to play back to back series and it could of only benefited Australia with the second series at home. He also felt england peaked 2 years ago and the english summer series had taken too much out of them.

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Re: The pink test (Sydney)
« Reply #36 on: January 01, 2014, 09:25:26 PM »

Firdose Moonda put forward Leie and Harmer in a review of the two tests yesterday.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/46149.html

http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/432960.html


I heard Keshav Maharaj is a prospect too.
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Re: The pink test (Sydney)
« Reply #37 on: January 01, 2014, 09:28:09 PM »

Keep to the topic please!
I thought that he was talking about English spinners, but I should have known better!!
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Re: The pink test (Sydney)
« Reply #38 on: January 01, 2014, 09:28:22 PM »

Borthwick figures are hindered by playing at Durham, hardly a ground for a budding leg spinner to play at. I wouldn't read much into them.

Saw an interesting article in the telegraph from the guy who did the 2006/7 review. In a nutshell he said it was a mistake to play back to back series and it could of only benefited Australia with the second series at home. He also felt england peaked 2 years ago and the english summer series had taken too much out of them.

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My worry with Borthwick is Cook (and English captains in general) not having a Bally clue on how to skipper leg spin. What's the point in playing one and instantly setting defensive fields and getting twitchy if, as is their nature, they get tap?
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Re: The pink test (Sydney)
« Reply #39 on: January 01, 2014, 09:29:25 PM »

Borthwick figures are hindered by playing at Durham, hardly a ground for a budding leg spinner to play at. I wouldn't read much into them.

Saw an interesting article in the telegraph from the guy who did the 2006/7 review. He didnt think it required a review this time around and in a nutshell he said it was a mistake to play back to back series and it could of only benefited Australia with the second series at home. He also felt england peaked 2 years ago and the english summer series had taken too much out of them.

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Sounds to me like someone grasping at straws using any excuse necessary to justify losing. Instead of just admitting this time around Australia were the better team
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Re: The pink test (Sydney)
« Reply #40 on: January 01, 2014, 09:30:28 PM »

My worry with Borthwick is Cook (and English captains in general) not having a Bally clue on how to skipper leg spin. What's the point in playing one and instantly setting defensive fields and getting twitchy if, as is their nature, they get tap?

Cook doesn't have a clue how to skipper a marbles match at the moment
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Re: The pink test (Sydney)
« Reply #41 on: January 01, 2014, 09:31:06 PM »

Keep to the topic please!
I thought that he was talking about English spinners, but I should have known better!!

Cripes, given the trolling on here sometimes I wouldn't have thought that was hardly the biggest deviation from the discussion.

Sometimes I do wonder.
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Re: The pink test (Sydney)
« Reply #42 on: January 01, 2014, 09:31:38 PM »

Cook doesn't have a clue how to skipper a marbles match at the moment

Well, they do come in different colours...
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Re: The pink test (Sydney)
« Reply #43 on: January 01, 2014, 09:31:39 PM »

Don't think he wasn't saying Australia weren't the better team, but merely highlighting the same kind of panic wasn't needed as in 06/07. Then again he might be covering his own are lol

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Re: The pink test (Sydney)
« Reply #44 on: January 01, 2014, 09:32:22 PM »

I think that is the problem petehosk unfortunately there aren't many English spinners we can talk about mate at the current time mate.
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