Australian Attack vs English Attack

[vvvrulz]

My two cents:

Australian attack is much stronger for two reasons. The third seamer (Kasper/Lee) and Shane Warne. Both these elements complete an attack which compliments each other perfectly and is able to break through basically any batting order. The English attack, while its far better than it has been for a long time, really lack a good quality spinner in my opinion (Giles to me is only half-decent). Hoggard is somewhat inconsistant too i might add.

[redback]

The constant jibes about Mcgrath being over the hill are coming from english supporters that have not seen him for a few years..... one thing he does now adays is swing the ball more than he has ever come Ashes time he will still take 20 + wickets at around 25 Warne all tho he will not bowl a Gatting ball ( HOW GOOD WAS THAT ) will also get 20 +



Keep writing us off at yor own peril geee i am going to love this site in July

[Seamer]

I agree that McGrath will make life very difficult for the English bats. English conditions suit him more than anywhere else in the world and the same could be said for the rest of our bowlers.He is as accurate as ever but is now doing more with the ball. The Aussie team is pumped up for this one and will lift their game vastly as compared to to their current mediocre form (even though they are still winning).

[Beny]

Note that McGrath has developed his swing and is moving it both ways. He also has a new slower ball.

[Seamer]

I reckon Kaspa a bit of a dark horse too. I mean, no one does more off the wicket than him. If he can get movement off the pitch on an Indian dustbowl, imagine what he will do on a seaming English wicket

[Beny]

Know you know why they just call him Kaspa!

He rekons that his spell over in England did him a lot of goog. On top of that he's developed and Inswinger.

[Seamer]

I don,t know if you have cable or not but if you did, did you see look on the English bowlers faces as as they were getting carted around the park by Kallis? I think we will see a fair bit more of that come July because they will be up against 7 Kallis,s in fast forward!

[lindas legs]

I just enjoyed reading some of the posts above.Its amazing what can happen in such a short time.Gillespie and Kas are gone and McGrath is injury prone.The England bowlers have spent the summer bowling out seven Kallis's.Who would have thought it.

[Mike]

Yes, it's fun reading these old threads and imagining the egg dripping of their faces. Bet Rachael would like to retract this doozey:

Originally Posted by Rachael

Agreed. Kasprowicz is the supposed "weak link".. and it's true that he's not in the class of Gillespie, McGrath and Warne... but he's better than any other Test team's 1st change seamer: he'd certainly get into the English side ahead of Jones / Anderson.

Point is.. the Aussies have three bowlers who are at least as capable as Harmison... and worthy of discussion for a place in a world XI.. and we have Harmison alone.

No mention of Flintoff who engineered the Ashes victory as 1st change bowler. Not as good as Kaspa, eh?

And you gotta admire Ernest's unflinching certainty of a change of guard after the Ashes.

[Beny]

Had we gone to England with the bowling attack which we went to India with then none of these comments would be wrong at all. As it is, Flintoff is going at 8 an over down in Aus at the momment and Harmison only really bowled OK rather than fantasticly. Australia managed to rout the English batting more than once when we were using bowlers who either we'rnt proforming or were only 80% fit.

To claim that the English Bowling attack is a) better now than the Aussie side's or b) was better than the Aussie attack before, is the same as saying Harbijan Singh is a bloody fantastic bowler because he does well in the Sub-Continent.
Let me ask you, if England had lost Flintoff through injury, Harmison through horrible form (it happens to him a fair bit) and Jones was only bowling half as well as normal, do you think they could have done as well as Australia did in very simmiler circumstances?