yuppie wrote:Arthur Crabtree wrote:yuppie wrote:The little i have seen of Curran so far suggest to me he wont be much help when England have to go play in unfavorable conditions. He is not the answer to England problems unless he can bat.
Just a kid still though.
I think he will need to get a lot faster though if he is to have a future in test cricket.
Always been the critique, that he bowls almost medium pace. What speeds were we seeing, high 70s or low 80s.
I remember years ago a coach talking about a very young Abdul razzaq, saying you can work with a bowler without tinker his action much as a teen, and expect to add 5 meh through strength related stuff. But is he's in the 70s it might not matter.
Having said that, people can succeed at lower paces. But you need everything else to be top notch. He's not tall, in fact I think he's tiny. Left arm, skidder...has to work on moving it both ways and creating difficult angles. He won't get much bounce or seam at his height