smac wrote:spell_check wrote:Kind of what I said...not really, but you always get more chances as a bowler in NSW or Qld than in SA. Just goes to show how good a bowler Gillespie was - too good in fact, with all those play and misses, nicks that didn't carry etc.
And injuries. He would be a 400 test wicket bowler with a double ton to his name if it weren't for those damned injuries.
Got that right SMAC.
So why doesn't it work in reverse then ?
If "some" of our better bowlers have a good career move by moving interstate, why don't the batsmen who move here get recognised after having better seasons ?
All I hear is that the Adelaide Oval is a batsmans paradise, yet a spin bowler is a gun when taking wickets at the SCG.
From what I remember, Ryan Harris wanted a 2 year contract but it was declined, so he moved.