posted Jan 29, 2008

I agree with Graile73: To acknowledge your limitations and need to work on them is the biggest strength.

We dont know what must have happened in his personal life - his stressed.

He should not be blamed for media hype surrounding his pace.

Tomorrow is another day - I remember they used to say samethings about Lee as well i.e. he is just pace and does not know when to focus, etc.

Today Lee is a class act.

Shaun: All the best. Hope cricketing world sees a better you in coming years.

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posted Jan 29, 2008

I agree with justacricketlover. He's a young bowler who obviously has alot of pace, so why overdo it and risk injury? The way the Australian seamers are bowling at the moment he will be able to work his way back into the side when he returns.

Takes alot of character to walk away and be able to admit you have problems, especially playing for the best team in the world.

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posted Jan 29, 2008

He's another Kim Hughes....

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posted Jan 29, 2008

Every year I find it easier and easier to find things to do other than watch International cricket. As a kid I would have been heartbroken to miss an England Test. Nowadays it's mostly meaningless crep, with an England side full of emotional weaklings and educationally sub-normal, chemically challenged insects. Tait. Same character defects - different country. Who cares? Only his wife's new boyfriend in all probability because it means he's been sussed.

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posted Jan 29, 2008

I saw his performance during the world cup he is tearaway fast bowler though very eratic.well i assume it will be johnson hogg lee brackent and northkey that will bowl with the partime of pup and roy

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posted Jan 29, 2008

With Tait now off the scene, this will provide a chance for others. Ashley Noffke should be the first choice, effectively giving the Aussies another allrounder. He is the leading wicket-taker in Australian domerstic cricket, and is fifth in total runs scored. He will almost certainly see some action in the upcoming VB series.

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posted Jan 30, 2008

Re: Overbowling of seamers.

The problem, IMHO, is the declining and lack of quality spinners. Think about it: they're getting mullered all the time, especially on small grounds and against left-handers.

So teams have 2 options: either bowl spinners with very defensive fields and accept a 4.8 run perover rate, or bowl seamers more and more.

This is the problem- especially if one seamer is off song!

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posted Jan 30, 2008

One of the problems re:spinners is the increasing one-day cricket. Spin in limited overs cricket is seen as a defensive option and a way to increase over rates, only real top quality spinners are seen as wicket-takers, and teams seem just as happy to go medium pace wicket to wicket stuff (like with Mascharenas, Bopara and Collingwood in England), and a part-time spinner who doesn't turn it much is seen as being OK to just eke out a few overs and give the seamers a rest.

In test cricket high-quality spin is still a potent weapon, look at the likes of Panesar and Kumble, but limited overs means that spin suffers. Defensive fields are set so wickets for spinners are not common, unless like Vettori they can mix the pace / flight of it or Murali can rip it sideways. Consider why Panesar, arguably Englands best test-match bowler with Hoggard, is deemed not to have done well in ODIs. Because in a test match even with a batsman set you can put in aggressive fields when a spinner comes on, but in ODIs you push them back because even out of form or lower end batsmen fancy their chances

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posted Jan 30, 2008

bladeswinger,

Your comment is typical of the vast majority of people who don't understand mental illness. You ought to be ashamed of yourself. Oh, and by the way, you can't spell crap, which hardly puts you in a position to describe other people as "educationally sub-normal".

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