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Old 09-12-2007, 11:35 PM in reply to Ernest's post starting "Yes but Flintoff and Hoggard are a..."
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Originally Posted by Ernest View Post
Yes but Flintoff and Hoggard are a class above Broad and Sidebottom, Flintoff had pace even as a novice, and Hoggard could always make a ball swing, and like Flintoff could keep it tight.
Sidebottom is not currently as accomplished as 2007-model Hoggard... but he's at least as accomplished as 2004/05 Hoggard and there's no doubting that in terms of pace and bounce... and in terms of reverse swing... Sidebottom has the edge. He's also improving at a great rate: give him 12 more months and you may well find he's up in/around the world's top 10 and guaranteed a start in every game.

Re: Broad - he may not be the finished product... but he's already a more sophisticated bowler than Flintoff: get the pair of them bowling at 85 mph and I would expect Broad to be FAR more effective than Flintoff... whose limitations would be massively exposed if he were to slow down even fractionally.
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