01-30-2018, 05:04 AM
(01-30-2018, 04:37 AM)LP link Wrote:Starc is a rubbish ODI bowler, he should follow Smith out the door!
Marsh would want to be bowling 140 because there is a raft of players who'd be better middle order batting options! But lets not get carried away with Marsh, he's only bowled 18 overs in five games, when he's bowled 40 or 50 overs in five games we'll have something to talk about!
But I don't blame Marsh for the 18 overs, that's Smith's fault. Smith is still in test mode! Perhaps Smith should microphone himself up so he can have a chat and get a suggestion from the commentators!
Starc bowls good yorkers to the tail but is a opening test bowler who needs four slips and a gully plus batsman playing defensively initially......in test cricket his wide short or legside rubbish will often be let go but not at one day level....
Hazlewood is accurate but at his pace on flat wickets is also hittable and like Starc likes to build pressure to get his wickets which vs attacking batsman doesnt work...
Dale Steyn isnt a great one day bowler either IMO and tries to bowl nice outswingers that suit attacking test fields, ditto for Jimmy Anderson and I can even remember Dennis Lillee not really the same bowler in the shorter format...
IMO specialist one day bowlers is where the game is at these days and you are really looking at bowling allrounders who can throw the bat......eg Woakes is a woeful test bowler IMO but a real good ODI cricketer and we need to get more of his type into the team. A player like Ben Cutting is probably going to be more value than a Hazlewood type.....