| Apart from South Africa & Australia the rest of the cricket in the world is less than poor. Maybe it is a perfect time to blood a spinner now rather than later. I have never been a fan of blooding players but if MacGill's knee is not right then he shouldn’t be playing and Hogg is not good enough with the red ball to get a spot in the side. You cannot judge a bowler on two tests against players who are brilliant against spin bowling, if MacGill had have played England on turning wickets his stats would have looked a lot better.
Muralitharan has also come out and slammed MacGill saying that he is not the same bowler he once was, by memory I don’t think Muraltiharan is the same bowler he was either
MacGill Vs Muralitharan (series)
MacGill - 95 overs, Mds 14, 326 runs, 5 wickets at 65.20, Econ 3.43, Sr 114.0. BBI 2/81, BBM 3/183
Muralitharan - 116 overs, Mds 9, 400 runs, 4 wickets at 100.00, Econ 3.44, Sr 174.0, BBI 2/170, BBM 2/170
From my memory Muralitharan has no right to talk out against an individual spinner’s performance when his series was worse. MacGill beat him on all levels. In a series where only two bowlers averaged under 30 with the ball I don’t think any one can comment negatively on his performance.
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Bill Ponsford - The only one who could play in Bradman’s company and make it a duet. |