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Re: Ashes selection: Pace Bowlers.

PostPosted: Sun Sep 17, 2017 2:21 am
by Slipstream
Arthur Crabtree wrote:I usually think sportspeople should chamge clubs with the same that any employee feels in changing job. Athletes tend to be less honest in their motivations, but then their decision comes under a different kind of scrutiny.


I think you should be loyal to a county that gave you a chance and invested in you.

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Re: Ashes selection: Pace Bowlers.

PostPosted: Sat Feb 24, 2018 2:32 pm
by Slipstream
Well the results. No one would have envisaged Stokes missing the Ashes.

17 at 27.82 - Anderson
6 at 37.66 - Overton
11 at 47.72 - Broad
10 at 49.50 - Woakes
2 at 100.00 - Curran
1 at 115.00 - Ball

Next time in Australia I think we will have something like Helm, Archer, Tongue, Stokes and Garton. Talk of the ECB changing the rules quite soon to allow Archer to play.

Re: Ashes selection: Pace Bowlers.

PostPosted: Sat Feb 24, 2018 7:26 pm
by Arthur Crabtree
Wonder if the other options would have done better?

Re: Ashes selection: Pace Bowlers.

PostPosted: Mon Feb 26, 2018 1:19 am
by Slipstream
Arthur Crabtree wrote:Wonder if the other options would have done better?


Think if we had Roland-Jones and Stokes we might have a won a Test or two. They offer something different. Both bowl heavy balls, Stokes to make their batsmen hop around. Anderson did better than expected and I don't know what is wrong with Broad. For the last 4 years really good figures but 2017 his average was 36.06.

Re: Ashes selection: Pace Bowlers.

PostPosted: Wed Mar 07, 2018 6:37 pm
by andy
Im not sure Roland-Jones would have made much difference, very similiar bowler to Woakes, however i think Stokes may have made a bit of a difference