Thread: NSW didn't need Lee
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Old 19-03-2005, 10:00 PM in reply to Zainub's post starting "He wasn't ordinary, rather the batsmen..."
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Originally Posted by Zainub Razvi
He wasn't ordinary, rather the batsmen he bowled at very extra ordinary
He played the 1sr, 3rd and 4th Tests. Gillespie played alongside him in the 1st and 4th.. Lee played alongside him in the 3rd and 4th. The innings returns were as follows:
Code:
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Gillespie                   31     12     65      4 (2nb)
Bracken                     26      5     90      1 (1w)

Gillespie                    5      1     17      0 (2nb)
Bracken                      4      1     12      2

Lee                         27      7    103      2 (10nb)
Bracken                     28      6     71      1

Lee                         22      3     97      2 (3nb)
Bracken                     25     13     45      2

Lee                         39.3    5    201      4 (18nb)
Gillespie                   45     11    135      3 (5nb, 4w)
Bracken                     37     13     97      0

Lee                         12.2    2     75      0 (6nb, 1w)
Gillespie                    7      2     32      1 (1nb)
Bracken                      8      0     36      0
Going on nothing but the stats I think it's fair to say that Bracken (at least tidy) trashed Lee's (4 for 201 off 39.3 is just too funny) claim to be the next best seamer after McGrath and Gillespie... and that Gillespie showed that neither were in anything like HIS class.