Stuart Clarks pace drop a worry

[KennyG]

Clark at least will be a good bowler.
Maybe he will not be in McGrath class but he will be at least at the Harmison level.

[Rachael]

Originally Posted by KennyG

Clark at least will be a good bowler.

I'd definitely back Clark ahead of Tait... and Lee will have to produce a lot more bowling of the sort he managed today (and a lot less of his usual rubbish) to retaining a higher spot in the pecking order. At the very least, Clark looks capable of doing the sort of job Fraser did for England for so long... and that's more than most international bowlers ever manage.

[Speedboy Salesman]

Originally Posted by butchering lee

Clark - has had a special year and looks like an excellent prospect now

But you could say the same about Panesar. But I suppose between Clark's situation and Panesar's situation, is that Clark has other bowlers to back him and England don't

[darksideofthemoon]

I think the Aussie bowlers wouldn't quite look so good if they had to bowl to their batting line up. Whereas our bowlers would look great bowling at our batting line up.

[greg]

Well if he is overrated how come he is the leading wicket taker in this series?

Is it all just luck?

[cantplaycantalk]

The England attack which Australia faced in England was 4 good seamers in good form with no weak links, that creates pressure and makes it easier for all the individual bowlers. That is a similar situation to which Australia have been in during this series. No weak links and 2 all time greats in the bowling attack. Makes it a heck of a lot easier for Lee and Clark to appear better than they actually are. It is questionable if they would have had the same impact were the attack Clark, Lee, Tait and Magill compared to Jones, Flintoff, Harmison, Hoggard and Panesar (all fit and in reasonable form)

[draexem]

Actually, it would have been Clark, Lee, Johnson, MacGill. And this bowling attack would have had a similar impact as MacGill can perform at a very high standard, and Clark and Lee bowled very well in South Africa without McGrath.