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[SAFC 2012]

I like roy but he has far more spells where he can barely get a run than Warner does

I love watching roy bat but to suggest hhs on warners level is ridiculous like .

 

[The Rat]

Are.you basing smith being better off his average because if you are it blows your argument about roy being better than warner out of the water

no it doesnt, the fact you think it does says it all

a difference in average of 2, compared to a difference in strike rate of 12

I love watching roy bat but to suggest hhs on warners level is ridiculous like .

Why? On what basis, his recent record is better?

You sound like Peter Moores

 

[Jap Stammer]

Last Ashes over here his record looked great but he got all his runs at Lords and The Oval on flat pitches. The other 3 games he barely got a run IIRC. As Rat says he does find it difficult on seaming wickets but who doesnt?

And that's why we will never whitewash them in a home Ashes series the way they regularly do to us in Australia.

We always give them at least one, often two, Aussie-like pitch(es) to play on. We then have to play out of our skins to try to beat them on said pitch(es) - the best outcome we can then usually hope for is a draw as they generally outplay (and often beat) us when conditions favour their batsmen.

We should play the whole series on 'provincial' grounds - Edgbaston, Old Trafford, Trent Bridge, Headingley, and Durham - and see how they cope with more typical English pitches and conditions. It'll never happen of course as it's too 'North-centric' and, god forbid, London won't get a game to host.