Broad's bowling invariably makes me quite angry. When he was younger he used to bowl far too much short pitched stuff & got clobbered. I thought he'd finally learnt & in recent years, bowled a much better length. Recently, he seems to have reverted to bowling too short again & getting smashed all around the ground. I feel that the English commentators, rarely comment on this, so I was pleasantly surprised when the NZ commentator ( Ian Smith) remarked that Broad was bowling far too short & he questioned whether Broad was trying to bully the batsman. At last I thought ............
I've never been fully convinced by his bowling. Of course he has produced some remarkable spells, figure wise, but as Test bowler I have never believed he is the real deal. However with the right coaching, captaincy, fitness and attitude he can still be a very effective 3rd seamer and very useful late order bat.
Broad's bowling invariably makes me quite angry. When he was younger he used to bowl far too much short pitched stuff & got clobbered. I thought he'd finally learnt & in recent years, bowled a much better length. Recently, he seems to have reverted to bowling too short again & getting smashed all around the ground. I feel that the English commentators, rarely comment on this, so I was pleasantly surprised when the NZ commentator remarked that Broad was bowling far too short & he questioned whether Broad was trying to bully the batsman. At last I thought ............
Only my opinion, does anyone agree ?
Yep, bowls with his bollocks and not his brain far too much.
This issue came up a few years ago. Broad said in an interview that his job was to be the "enforcer", to intimidate batsmen, hence the short bowling. Andy Flower came out an opening contradicted him, and for a while he was bowling proper lines and length. Could it be Flower's step away from the non-test sides has coincided with Broad once again taking it upon himself to bowl too short?
Broad's bowling invariably makes me quite angry. When he was younger he used to bowl far too much short pitched stuff & got clobbered. I thought he'd finally learnt & in recent years, bowled a much better length. Recently, he seems to have reverted to bowling too short again & getting smashed all around the ground. I feel that the English commentators, rarely comment on this, so I was pleasantly surprised when the NZ commentator remarked that Broad was bowling far too short & he questioned whether Broad was trying to bully the batsman. At last I thought ............
Only my opinion, does anyone agree ?
Totally agree, think he's a stroppy cnut too - cant be great for team morale to have a moaning tossa like him onboard.
Probably find that Oz will play with 4 quicks - Siddle,Starc,Hilf (because he's supposedly 'good' in English conditions), and Pattinson - will leave a much weaker tail than England, even without Broad.
Aussies have got a good pool of bowlers to choose from these days. Nowhere near as high quality as the attack of old but the likes of Starc, Pattinson and Cummins are bright talents, added to the 'old guard' of Siddle, Hilfenhaus, Johnson and Harris.
I think they even called up some pace bowler called Jackson Bird a while ago. What a name that is.
Cummins is out with a stress fracture of back, might be ready for Ashes, but seems unlikely. Of course, Johnson, i forgot about him.
Their best spin bowler is Xavier (pie chucker) Doherty (about the only left arm spinner that KP takes apart at will) - maybe i should mention his name on the Pukka Pie thread ?!
This issue came up a few years ago. Broad said in an interview that his job was to be the "enforcer", to intimidate batsmen, hence the short bowling. Andy Flower came out an opening contradicted him, and for a while he was bowling proper lines and length. Could it be Flower's step away from the non-test sides has coincided with Broad once again taking it upon himself to bowl too short?
The Aussies are always at their most dangerous when people write them off.
Young, relatively unknown players without fear just might spring a surprise.
Not this year Len.
Johnson, let's just hope he plays. He turns into a total wreck as soon as he steps onto the field V England. The Barmy Army have seen to him and will again.
"He bowls to the left, he bowls to the righhhhhhhhht........"
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He was superb in the last series down here and my son idolises him!
Recently, he seems to have reverted to bowling too short again & getting smashed all around the ground.
I feel that the English commentators, rarely comment on this, so I was pleasantly surprised when the NZ commentator ( Ian Smith) remarked that Broad was bowling far too short & he questioned whether Broad was trying to bully the batsman. At last I thought ............
Only my opinion, does anyone agree ?
I think they even called up some pace bowler called Jackson Bird a while ago. What a name that is.
Of course, Johnson, i forgot about him.
Their best spin bowler is Xavier (pie chucker) Doherty (about the only left arm spinner that KP takes apart at will) - maybe i should mention his name on the Pukka Pie thread ?!
Young, relatively unknown players without fear just might spring a surprise.
Johnson, let's just hope he plays. He turns into a total wreck as soon as he steps onto the field V England. The Barmy Army have seen to him and will again.
"He bowls to the left, he bowls to the righhhhhhhhht........"
You all know the tune.
Cowan,Warner,Hughes,Watson,Clarke,Wade,Henriques,Starc,Siddle,Pattinson,Lyon