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Jams Foster

Craig Kieswetter

Tim Ambrose

Steven Davies

[Alvaro]

he is a good player how many odis has shakib played against zimbabwe? a lot, so this will have a imbalanced affect on his figures.


Mortaza is finished, he hasn't played for a long time...

[procricket]

tell you who is doing a good job as well Paul Harris i never rated him and i know it in indai but he has proved people wrong in my eyes

[Jeet]

that's highly hypocritical. Shakib takes wickets against lots of sides. anybody that takes 6 5 wicket hauls in 16 tests doesn't get them because batsmen try to hammer him. his economy is 2.79. yeah, he clearly gets hammered, well done. In ODI cricket, his economy is 4.09. this means he is hard to get away. it builds pressure. then, they try to hit out, and they get out. the same applies in test matches. mortaza isn't finished by any stretch of the imagination. first off, he bowls at 130-135k's, normally, not 125 as you state. Secondly, line and length, with lateral movement, is key. look at Vaas/Mcgrath/Alec Bedser back in the day. Look at Zaheer the other day, took 4 wickets, bowling no quicker than 130k's for most of it. you don't need to be an all out quick if you have others in your side, like shafiul/rubel! I guarantee, anybody who has gotten out to Shakib will disagree with you in an instant.

Do not compare Zaheer to Mortaza. Zaheer has only recently come back from shoulder surgery. When fully fit, he's all ways around 138-142 kph.

[Jeet]

tell you who is doing a good job as well Paul Harris i never rated him and i know it in indai but he has proved people wrong in my eyes

Bowling 3ft down the leg side?

[Tumo]

Do not compare Zaheer to Mortaza. Zaheer has only recently come back from shoulder surgery. When fully fit, he's all ways around 138-142 kph.

he's not. he's really not. he bowls around the 135 mark, i've rarely seen him bowl any faster, and i've been watching cricket for most of his career. Mortaza has always had fitness problems. As a young promising quick, he was ran into the ground by his coaches, and has struggled to come back from that, yet still bowls between 130-135kph. And Alvaro, he's not played for a while because he has been injured! He's been playing Domestic cricket, and has been taking wickets very, very cheaply. And on the topic of shakib taking wickets against zimbabwe, you can only play against what's put in front of you. in tests, how often does he play against bangladesh or zimbabwe? he doesn't, so as an orthodox finger spinner, taking wickets at less than 30 against the top 8 test sides, is fairly good, don't you think?

[Marcussjd9]

Obviously missed him when India toured here in 07.

[Tumo]

Obviously missed him when India toured here in 07.

Thing is though, I remember Ryan Sidebottom getting up to 92mph here against India, and Ryan Sidebottom doesn't do extreme pace...

[procricket]

Bowling 3ft down the leg side?

got tendulkar out a few time i have seen and to be fair anybody who get's  him out cant be all bad i for one like Hariis attitude typical Saffa plays hard but had a moment when he hit Doni in the head and asked him if he was ok.

Good guy good cricketer makes most of what he has got

[Jeet]

got tendulkar out a few time i have seen and to be fair anybody who get's  him out cant be all bad i for one like Hariis attitude typical Saffa plays hard but had a moment when he hit Doni in the head and asked him if he was ok.

Good guy good cricketer makes most of what he has got

He's got Sachin out twice, each time Sachin had already scored a hundred.

[niceonechoppy]

He's got Sachin out twice, each time Sachin had already scored a hundred.

Got him out on test debut i think as well....

[Jeet]

Got him out on test debut i think as well....

Monty Panesar did that as well. Where is he now.....

[niceonechoppy]

Panesar is a victim of his own success whereas Paul Harris never really had any....

[Colesy]

Panesar is a victim of his own success whereas Paul Harris never really had any....

I like your thinking buddy

[quick-keep]

After Kieswetters great innings for the Lions, should he have been picked for todays game? I think he should have, although prior looked decent in the warm-up game.

[eaowbear]

Reckon they will trot out the 'continuity' selection thinking for the next few games but then don't think it will be long before Keiswetter gets the call