bigfluffylemon wrote:Ta.
Arguably Australia are more in transition, but the big difference to me is the bowling. Starc, Hazlewood, Cummins and Lyon are a world class attack in home conditions capable of bowling any side out twice. Siddle, Hilfenhaus, Bollinger, Watson and Doherty were, er, not.
GarlicJam wrote:I see KP's 'defection' purely as a choice of convenience and ego - and yes, once he became British, loyalty developed, but it always seemed manufactured to my jaundiced eye. He was within the rules, but that doesn't mean I have to like it
Australian pitches have been very flat in recent years. Australian batsmen are bloody good at racking up huge scores on lifeless wickets (not so much when the ball moves) - just see the warmup game. Asian batsmen tend to be good at that too, but Australian fast bowlers are also uniquely good at restricting teams on those sorts of wickets, whereas visiting quicks don't tend to have the pace. Indian batsmen may be good at scoring big at home, but (Kohli excepted), they don't travel well.
sussexpob wrote:
In many ways therefore, KP comes to signify what I believe being British is; a man who's merits were taken for what they were, irrespective of his skin colour, and how through skill and hard work was able to carve himself a successful career without the barriers of prejudice.
Arthur Crabtree wrote:KP was born a UK citizen through his British mother.
Doesn't sound much like the UK to me at all.
bigfluffylemon wrote:Harris was injured for most of the series. He didn't play in the first test, was rushed back for the second and was undercooked, bowled well in the third (which Australia won), then got injured again in the fourth. So he was well below his best or injured for most of the series.
And Johnson was a world apart from the bowler who terrorised us in 2013.
I agree with your assessment about the prospects, though. 2-1 seems a likely series result. Probably 2-1 Australia, but I wouldn't be too surprised if it went the other way.
alfie wrote: The batting weakness is why I'm calling this 50/50 ...
mikesiva wrote:I don't quite buy Pietersen's assertion that he was badly treated at KwaZulu Natal. In 1999 -2000 he played four matches as a spinner who could bat a bit and averaged 10 with the bat and was expensive with the ball with 10 wickets at an average of 37.50. Bodi only played one match that season.
It's not surprising he found it hard to get into the team next season with those returns. Next season Bodi was second in the KwaZulu batting averages with 33 and third in the bowling averages with 27 wickets at 25.81 making him their leading wicket taker that season. By all means migrate to England to improve your circumstances. I did the same. But I found it disingenuous of him to blame KwaZulu Natal for his migration.
sussexpob wrote:Would English test not be in your evening after work? I'd imagine tests.in the Carribbean are middle of the night in india
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