Third Aus vs Pak 14th-18th Jan in Hobart

[Lightning McQueen]

He is on par performance wise with some of the best off spinners to play for AU in the last 50 years

You've been around for longer than me mal, who else would be up there? May, Yardley, Bennett, Bright?

[Lightning McQueen]

He is on par performance wise with some of the best off spinners to play for AU in the last 50 years

You've been around for longer than me mal, who else would be up there? May, Yardley, Bennett, Bright?

Peter Who perhaps.

[mal]

When you compare Hauritz to the other off spinners owned by AU in the last 50 years he does good

MALLETT ...........132 @29.84
MAY...................75 @34.22
MATTHEWS..........61 @ 48.22
YARDLEY.............126 @ 31.63
TAYLOR...............27 @39.55
MILLER................69 @ 26-15

HAURITZ.............53 @29.26


They bowled in different eras, different batters, different pitches
But he compares well with past offies
Of them all I think Rowdy Mallett was the best of them all, and Haurrie has a similar average
Funky MILLER is the surprise packet on those stats
Mo Matthews figures are much better than they appear, he bowled to some fine West Indian batsman in his day

[Lightning McQueen]

When you compare Hauritz to the other off spinners owned by AU in the last 50 years he does good

MALLETT ...........132 @29.84
MAY...................75 @34.22
MATTHEWS..........61 @ 48.22
YARDLEY.............126 @ 31.63
TAYLOR...............27 @39.55
MILLER................69 @ 26-15

HAURITZ.............53 @29.26


They bowled in different eras, different batters, different pitches
But he compares well with past offies
Of them all I think Rowdy Mallett was the best of them all, and Haurrie has a similar average
Funky MILLER is the surprise packet on those stats
Mo Matthews figures are much better than they appear, he bowled to some fine West Indian batsman in his day

Were they Funky's overall or just when he bowled spin. I'd have Rowdy & Tim May ahead of Horrie. Yardley would've been up against dominant Poms and Windies aswell. Matthews has a poo average because he was poo

[Rik E Boy]

Mathews got a gig because he could bowl and bat. If he couldn't bat he'd probably have missed out. I wouldn't say he was poo though, but I reckon that Shield Cricket is his proper level. Plenty of 'Shield' players got a gig during the mid eighties because we lost the big three to retirement and another squad went to the Republic to chase the Krugerand.

regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

In terms of the Horrie comparison, if he gets to a hundred test wickets that's when we drag out May and Mallett's figures again.

regards,

REB

[Hondo]

Greg Matthews had that golden run with the bat in the 85-86 series in which Australia was terrible but he scored 2 100s. He was our most popular player that season.

I think those 100s carried him for a while but eventually the shortage of wickets lost him his spot in the middle of the 86-87 Ashes series. He then returned circa 1990-1993 with moderate success IIRC before a blonde haired leg-spinner from Victoria arrived on the scene. I agree with REB, a Shield level off-spinner only but a useful batsman.

[Lightning McQueen]

Greg Matthews had that golden run with the bat in the 85-86 series in which Australia was terrible but he scored 2 100s. He was our most popular player that season.

I think those 100s carried him for a while but eventually the shortage of wickets lost him his spot in the middle of the 86-87 Ashes series. He then returned circa 1990-1993 with moderate success IIRC before a blonde haired leg-spinner from Victoria arrived on the scene. I agree with REB, a Shield level off-spinner only but a useful batsman.

I was going to write that before but my boss was coming so I ended my post with poo.

[Rik E Boy]

Greg Matthews had that golden run with the bat in the 85-86 series in which Australia was terrible but he scored 2 100s. He was our most popular player that season.

I think those 100s carried him for a while but eventually the shortage of wickets lost him his spot in the middle of the 86-87 Ashes series. He then returned circa 1990-1993 with moderate success IIRC before a blonde haired leg-spinner from Victoria arrived on the scene. I agree with REB, a Shield level off-spinner only but a useful batsman.

I was going to write that before but my boss was coming so I ended my post with poo.

LOL. The boss can tell if you're on the net, he/she doesn't need to physically catch you out while you are online.

regards,

REB

[Lightning McQueen]

Greg Matthews had that golden run with the bat in the 85-86 series in which Australia was terrible but he scored 2 100s. He was our most popular player that season.

I think those 100s carried him for a while but eventually the shortage of wickets lost him his spot in the middle of the 86-87 Ashes series. He then returned circa 1990-1993 with moderate success IIRC before a blonde haired leg-spinner from Victoria arrived on the scene. I agree with REB, a Shield level off-spinner only but a useful batsman.

I was going to write that before but my boss was coming so I ended my post with poo.

LOL. The boss can tell if you're on the net, he/she doesn't need to physically catch you out while you are online.

regards,

REB

The net isn't the issue, the 5000+ posts in a short period of time could well be