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Originally Posted by Ernest Quite and I would pick him over Broad because I am looking long term at England Test cricket, Broad was ok in the one dayers. A Teams are for breeding Test crickers - not one day players IMO. |
Who said Stuart Broad was a one-day player?
It's not the selectors' (our) fault that Stuart Broad has entered the breeding ground of our future test cricketers; the one-day arena but that is no reason to suddenly label him as just a one-day player.
Also, I know he didn't do superb in the one-dayers but that doesn't suddenly mean he's a poor player (Saj Mahmood suddenly springs to mind). We've had plenty of time to see Mahmood for ourselves in a test side that normally wins so the pressure wasn't going to be too big. Whereas Broad had to open(!) the bowling in an England outfit that had spent the past few years on a fine losing run and was even ahead of Mahmood in the pecking order. I wouldn't have expected him to bowl like a great - and he didn't - but he still did
just as well as Mahmood who has played far more matches and will have been more comfortable in the England setup.
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Name Mat O M R W Ave Best 4w 5w SR Econ
SCJ Broad 5 35.4 2 185 5 37.00 3-57 - - 42.8 5.18
SI Mahmood 4 27 3 148 4 37.00 2-24 - - 40.5 5.48
Tom Smith; he's a good bowler, could be a bit of a Jimmy Anderson if he gets another yard of pace.