The Bedge wrote:Lightning McQueen wrote:The Bedge wrote:Lightning McQueen wrote:he was a bit of a plodder when he was representing Australia and there were bigger hitters and quicker run scorers getting about at the same time, he was too Smith-like.
Get your hand off it old man!
I meant in scoring rate, not talent wise.
He went at a strike rate of 85 in the ODI's and averaged over 40 and frankly was in the side when others were very inconsistent.
A lot of games he accelerated his S/R and games where he was slow generally were when he saved the Aussie innings - like South Africa ODI at Centurion when he scored 50 at 6 whilst the 5 above combined for 18.
Ferguson was building himself in the Bevan mould before injury.
Get around him.
Get off his pole.
An 85 S/R for a 5 or 6 is sub-par in ODI's since the early 2000's, he went alright but he rarely hit a 6 and just nudged the ball around, I thought Bevo was somewhat selfish, he tended to strive for red ink rather than eek out some extra runs with some big shots or risky running. Yes, he saved us a couple of times with an epic knock and yes back then 75-80 SR was par or above as 240 was a competitive score.
I've always been a fan of Ferg but when we had Punter, Clarke, 2x Hussey, 2x Marsh, Maxwell and a young Smith entering the scene he needed a bit more flair to his game.