Cricket ball physiology is not a speciality of mine.
In Australia we used to play with Platypus balls, that swung a lot, but had no seam, and now we use Kookaburra which have a bit more seam, don’t swing much and go out of shape.
I have heard that duke balls are used in England and seem to dance a fair bit, but that is where my knowledge ends.
What I do know is that white balls and red balls have different personalities, and there seems to be a growing amount of bowlers who are legends with a white ball and chumps with a red ball.
Here is my top 5.
Nathan Bracken, Australia’s best female cricketer, and also Australia’s smartest one day bowler. In the top 5 one day bowlers in the world, and yet would need about 7 bowlers to fall ill or die in order to get his go at test level, why, because he is horrible with the red ball.
One day average 22, test average 40.
Agit Agarkar, can anyone believe he has had a career, I assume his selection was based on the fact Saschin likes having him in the change room. One day wise though the man is an animal, whether he gets wickets jut because people laugh at him is debatable, but you can’t argue with results, but you can take the p1ss out of his ears.
One day average 27, test average 47.
James Anderson, no one seems to hoop a white ball around as much as James Anderson. He bowls so well with the white ball, he has convinced himself he has some talent as a cricketer. Unfortunately as long as his @ss points to the ground he will never make a real test match bowler.
One day average 28, test average 39.
Mitchell Johnson, with a white ball in his hand he is a fiery demon from hell looking for Angels to obliterate. With a red ball he is a non issue most of the time, because you can’t reach his average delivery.
One day average 22, test average 32.
Lasith Malinga, has been around the scene for a while, but even though he has taken the odd bag of wickets in test cricket, his real value has been as a One day bowler. The last world cup he was a force to be reckoned with, but since then in tests he has just been ok.
One day average 25, test average 33.
Stuart Clark, Ntini, Harmison and Steyn are all the in the opposite camp.
Chris Martin would fall into the other camp as well.BTW, James Anderson was unbelievably dreadful in the recently completed ODI series. He went at 7.5 RPO over the entire series. He’s probably the first guy Ryder should thank for his top start in international cricket. He could buy him a drink or something.Nice little icon, BTW. Is it a pencil?
Yeah he was ordinary against you guys, but he still thinks he is picked to play cricket, not woo the ladies. It’s my editing tool.
You “editing tool” doesn’t look gay at all. Really.
What icon/pencil/tool? where?
It’s at the bottom of the posts, not sure why LB can see it. It’s supposed to only be seen by people who can edit.
It’s on Miss Field’s blog as well.It looks more in keeping with that blog because she’s a girl.
Anderson and Agarkar are basically the same person with different passports. Good un there, Uncle J!
maybe, one think common is that these are colorful players and as soon as they don whites…they loose their character…
He’s picked up a bit of late, but Brett Lee could appear as well. Or at least the old version could, before he became sickeningly effective in Tests and sickeningly agreeable in life.
KC, your right about Lee, but i couldn’t put him on the list as he just one test player of the year. But prior to that he was the main culprit.
I just hope Pathan doesn’t join them…different look, imaginative article.