Best Test XI - POLL - Bowlers
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I guess someone has to nominate Paddles, because best ever.
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Bond - absolutely unplayable in his prime even against the very best batting lineups. If injury hadn't curtailed his career he would have ended up with bucket loads of wickets at 20 odd. He was honestly one of the best I've watched; accurate, prodigious swing at 150+ clicks. Made some very fine players look like bunnies.
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Neil Wagner. The only bowler in the world who takes wickets with sheer willpower.
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Tim Southee, because I hear this Best Test XI are not playing outside of NZ...
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@gt12 said in Best Test XI - NOMINATIONS - Bowlers:
I guess someone has to nominate Paddles, because best ever.
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The amount of Michelle’s that Paddles got was pretty damn impressive.
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@MajorRage said in Best Test XI - NOMINATIONS - Bowlers:
Trent Boult. The most likely wicket taker of the current group of quicks, who are collectively, our best ever group of quicks.
I find it interesting how Boult is usually rated as the best of the current lot, when in fact there is very little between him Southee and Wagner.
A quick look at the stats:
Wickets:
S 296, B 272, W 215Average:
S 28.58, B 27.96, W 26.33Strike Rate:
S 56.8, B 56.1, W 51.54w/5w/10w
S 17/11/1, B 15/8/1, W 10/9/0All very good bowlers, who all have a good case for inclusion in a best ever XI
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Jack Cowie because Bradman was his bunny
Only played nine tests because of WWII but read his cricinfo summary
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From Wisden: 'Had he been an Australian, he might have been termed a wonder of the age.' This refers to Jack Cowie's efforts on the 1937 tour of England, when he took 114 wickets at 19.95
He's not like Bond in that his body couldn't hold up In 1946 in his sole test against Aussie he took 41-6
The following year he took 46-6 against England including Washbrook, Yardley, Compton, Hammond - no slouched with the bat.
Even on his last tour to England in 1949 at age 37 he still took 14 wickets at just over 25.
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@Gunner said in Best Test XI - NOMINATIONS - Bowlers:
@MajorRage said in Best Test XI - NOMINATIONS - Bowlers:
Trent Boult. The most likely wicket taker of the current group of quicks, who are collectively, our best ever group of quicks.
I find it interesting how Boult is usually rated as the best of the current lot, when in fact there is very little between him Southee and Wagner.
A quick look at the stats:
Wickets:
S 296, B 272, W 215Average:
S 28.58, B 27.96, W 26.33Strike Rate:
S 56.8, B 56.1, W 51.54w/5w/10w
S 17/11/1, B 15/8/1, W 10/9/0All very good bowlers, who all have a good case for inclusion in a best ever XI
I think Southee has gotten a bit better whereas Boult has possibly regressed. Wags has just continued doing what he does best and snuck into the discussion.
The thing to remember is whilst we love them and we’re blessed to have them all at once none is a true legend of Paddles/Bond proportions
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Hadlee is a fucking moral. Pen him in to the side, he is first picked.
Next i am picking Bond, because i have only ever seen one NZ bowler (who isn't Hadlee) have other teams genuinely look out of their depth. I don't give a fuck how small that window was, it was as good as i have seen from anyone.
Boult because he is a left armer, but i am shocked that his record is pretty average.
And then i am seriously considering dropping Vettori for Wags. Both play the same role.
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@mariner4life said in Best Test XI - NOMINATIONS - Bowlers:
And then i am seriously considering dropping Vettori for Wags. Both play the same role.
Agree, especially if the 'game' was going to be played in NZ. It's not like our Daniel turned the ball.
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@mariner4life said in Best Test XI - NOMINATIONS - Bowlers:
Next i am picking Bond, because i have only ever seen one NZ bowler (who isn't Hadlee) have other teams genuinely look out of their depth. I don't give a fuck how small that window was, it was as good as i have seen from anyone.
Right on....!!!
Strike Rate:
S 56.8, B 56.1, W 51.5 Bond,... Shane Bond 38.7 -
@mariner4life said in Best Test XI - NOMINATIONS - Bowlers:
Hadlee is a fucking moral. Pen him in to the side, he is first picked.
Next i am picking Bond, because i have only ever seen one NZ bowler (who isn't Hadlee) have other teams genuinely look out of their depth. I don't give a fuck how small that window was, it was as good as i have seen from anyone.
Boult because he is a left armer, but i am shocked that his record is pretty average.
And then i am seriously considering dropping Vettori for Wags. Both play the same role.
Yes, agree.
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Now that I have had my bottom smacked for breaking the rules in the batting thread, given we can only pick players in their usual positions, and we seem to be pretty much settled on our new ball bowlers, Hadlee and Bond, who is our third and fourth seamer? Can't be Boult or Southee, because they usually open the bowling.
Wags must now be a certainty.
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@Crazy-Horse said in Best Test XI - NOMINATIONS - Bowlers:
Now that I have had my bottom smacked for breaking the rules in the batting thread, given we can only pick players in their usual positions, and we seem to be pretty much settled on our new ball bowlers, Hadlee and Bond, who is our third and fourth seamer? Can't be Boult or Southee, because they usually open the bowling.
Wags must now be a certainty.
Wags, and no 4th seamer. Vettori.
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The more I think about it and the fact I’ve seen all of these guys doing their thing live, I’ll take
1-Hadlee
2-Bond
3-Boult
4-Vettori (Eden Park 2000...) -
Picking this quartet has done my head in this week. Too open ended. Some thoughts:
- Vettori was never really a world class wicket taking bowler in test cricket. It's hard to include him in the side on that basis when Boult, Southee and Wags are.
- Then again mid-to-late career Vettori in peak run containment mode bowling in tandem with Hadlee is a delicious prospect. Vettori would essentially be a better version of Chats, with more variation and the ability to bowl longer spells.
- Boult over Southee pretty comfortably for me.
