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Aug 2020
10:47pm, 23 Aug 2020
11,297 posts
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rf_fozzy
I also have a feeling that he sort of wants to get to Murali's record...
Not sure exactly how many wickets/year he's on at the moment, but he's gone from 500-600 pretty quickly
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Aug 2020
11:17pm, 23 Aug 2020
32 posts
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gambrinus
I think Anderson would have lamped the next person who dropped a catch. It was quite amusing to watch though.
Well batted, Azhar Ali. I had vague hopes of a Bannerman at one point, but the eternal wait continues.
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Aug 2020
11:41pm, 23 Aug 2020
52,371 posts
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Diogenes
Dio”s prediction: England win by 9 wickets.
Pakistan dig in to establish a lead of about 20 or so. England, wary of the poor weather forecast, knock them off for the loss of 1 wicket with 4 on the board
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Aug 2020
8:26am, 24 Aug 2020
685 posts
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Scorge
i'd be surprised if anderson went to australia next year. the last time courtney walsh toured there he was around 38 and pretty ineffective, albeit against a better batting unit. post anderson/broad england will have the same problem the windies had post ambrose/walsh i reckon.
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Aug 2020
8:37am, 24 Aug 2020
31,027 posts
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SPR
If he's good enough (and he is ATM) why not?
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Aug 2020
9:04am, 24 Aug 2020
21,749 posts
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TRO Saracen
I’d agree. Anderson has never been especially effective in Australia, and at 39/40 years old would be an utter liability.
I fear he will go, partly because we are too sentimental/weak/over impressed by stats and partly because no one else is really shoving him aside.
The Aussies will devour his used up carcass and it will be a humiliating end, bit like it was taking the completely shot Swann.
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Aug 2020
10:22am, 24 Aug 2020
11,304 posts
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rf_fozzy
Let's use statistics instead of random personal opinions. Which are usually wrong.
James Anderson in Australia. Ashes 2017/18.
5 matches, 17 wickets @ 27.82, including a 5-43.
Easily the best of the bowlers on that tour. Broad and Woakes struggled.
It was 2013/14 he struggled with 14 wickets @ 44. Broad was the stand out pace bowler on that tour with 27 wickets at 27.5
2010/11 Ashes (the one England won) - Anderson 24 wickets at 26
The biggest problem in Australia is that usually *we don't score enough runs when batting*
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Aug 2020
10:25am, 24 Aug 2020
11,305 posts
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rf_fozzy
There is an obsession with pace and only pace in this country (maybe because we have a history of not producing many *fast* bowlers).
Glenn McGrath
James Anderson
Courtney Walsh
All in and around that 81-82mph bracket. And are the 3 most successful pace bowlers in the history of test cricket in terms of # of wickets.
McGrath never had too much of a problem in Australia because "he wasn't fast enough"
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Aug 2020
10:26am, 24 Aug 2020
21,750 posts
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TRO Saracen
Point accepted Foz, stats win out. I still think it’ll be a tour too far for him next time though. Think I tuned out for the terrible 17/18 tour so have the lingering impression from 13/14......
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Aug 2020
10:30am, 24 Aug 2020
21,751 posts
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TRO Saracen
Re McGrath, Anderson and Walsh my impression is all started out fast (or at least much faster) and developed a full set of skills that compensated for a decline in pace and hence bowled deep into their 30s.
I certainly remember Anderson as the ‘Burnley Bullet’ in his first iteration.
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The Ashes 2009
Jun 2022