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**Australia v England 2nd ODI**
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wilberforce
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we are a seiously good team now.masses of strength in depth in both departments
let them off the hook abit but still back us to win it
one question.know symonds had a falling out with the aus but has he retired or anything ? you would think in their situation atm they need all the help they can get
let them off the hook abit but still back us to win it
one question.know symonds had a falling out with the aus but has he retired or anything ? you would think in their situation atm they need all the help they can get
Mainze
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Made a right pigs tits of this since the 40th over of the Aussie innings
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wilberforce
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couldn't agree more ! why the hell were we still bowling spinners at bollinger
he should have had the quickies with the overs they had left getting into him
wilberforce
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trying a whoosh
what are we going to do when anderson and broad and dont forget swann who is the worlds best spinner come back ? :-D
tremlett would walk into most world 11's atm and he's not even in the world cup squad
trying a whoosh
what are we going to do when anderson and broad and dont forget swann who is the worlds best spinner come back ? :-D
tremlett would walk into most world 11's atm and he's not even in the world cup squad
Yardy is no more than a county bowler
Bresnan is no more than a county bowler
The Breen Machine
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wilberforce
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yardy seems better in 20-20 with his quick/slowies :-D
and bresnan has surprised me.he is a yard quicker than you think and does a lot with the ball for such a seemingly limited cricketer
he has made the best of his ability
The same Bresnan who ran through Australia's best 3 batsmen in no time at the MCG
one swallow doenst make a summer.
MCG was conducive to seam movement
The Breen Machine
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Very true but he's always looked more than capable of being a 1st or 2nd change bowler at the test level IMO. As I've said a number of times, with his action being so simple and repetetive, he could be a very handy stock bowler for England in years to come.
very limited who has got a chance before others on the fact he can club a quick 20 down the order
will get found out in time
The Breen Machine
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In fairness to the lad he hit 80 batting at 8 in a ODI so that would suggest his batting talents are a bit more advanced than that.
Integral part of an Ashes and world cup winning side yet you call him very limited
In fairness to the lad he hit 80 batting at 8 in a ODI so that would suggest his batting talents are a bit more advanced than that.
Integral part of an Ashes and world cup winning side yet you call him very limited
20/20 cricket he is alright. Your technique doesnt get exposed as much
The Breen Machine
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He's scored 90 in a test match aswell, terrible lad, terrible.
who against?
The Breen Machine
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Bangladesh, but I'm sure you did say their bowling attack was their strongest suit.
wilberforce
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but bresnan wont play at test level when broad is fit....or am i missing something ?
this the same Bangladesh who didnt beat any of the county 2ndXI strings in their warm up games.
Bangladesh have two test match class players, Tamim Iqbal and Sakib-Al-Hassan with Mortaza as well when fit but wasnt for their tour over here
Their bowling is better than their batting but my clubs first team have a better batting line up than them
The Breen Machine
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That's nothing to do with Bresnan scoring 90 against them, as you have said yourself they have Shakib and Mortaza, Mahamudullah is also handy in home conditions.
Either way this is neither here nor there, I've seen enough from Bresnan in a year of international cricket to suggest that while he will never be a world class quick bowler, he is more than useful to hold an end up and frustrate batsmen. Finn, Broad and Anderson can all be quite expensive if they don't hit their straps (Anderson less so recently), so someone like Bresnan could be very handy for England in years to come. He's a more than capable batsman aswell which just adds to the case for his selection.
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