Why play ordinary N.S.W bowlers

[acker]

What on earth has Bracken ever demolished outside the domestic comp !

He's been a permanent fringe dweller for a very good reason; He does not have the pace to worry most good international batsmen no matter how far he swings or cuts it.

Nathan Bracken bowls to slow.......

[draexem]

Originally Posted by acker

What on earth has Bracken ever demolished outside the domestic comp !

http://www.howstat.com/cricket/Stati...2640&Year=2006

[acker]

Well clap clap clap

5/67 defending 434 against South Africa

And guess what

We lost
unless of course your trying to draw my attention to those impressive 2 for's he collected against Bangladesh.

[draexem]

Originally Posted by acker

Well clap clap clap

5/67 defending 434 against South Africa

And guess what

We lost
unless of course your trying to draw my attention to those impressive 2 for's he collected against Bangladesh.

Must have meant we had other crap bowlers. Bracken did his part.

3 fers and 4fers against many great batting attacks, you must be one of the more amusing WUMS on the board, trying to sling mud at Bracken with crap reasons like this.

[acker]

Bowling O M R W B Lee 10 0 53 0 N W Bracken 10 1 75 0 G D McGrath 10 0 72 1 M G Johnson 6 0 48 1 M J Clarke 9 0 48 2 A Symonds 5 0 32 0

Him and McGrath were suitably impressive against the Kiwi's in Perth on the 28th January this year.

Combined shafting of 1 for 147 off 20 overs.

At least McGrath got a wicket.

[darksideofthemoon]

I don't know much about Aussie players but I wouldn't mind seeing this team
Ronchi, Voges, Ponting, Clarke, Symonds, Hussey, White, Lee, Bracken, Johnson and Hilfenhaus.

[acker]

What ever he's done previous to this season, fact is that he has been part of a state bowling attack New South Wales that this season that is trailing well behind Victoria in 20/20 , 50 overs and 4 day games. And for most matches he has been available and played.

Others have gone past him.

[Rachael]

Originally Posted by acker

What on earth has Bracken ever demolished outside the domestic comp [...] He's been a permanent fringe dweller for a very good reason; He does not have the pace to worry most good international batsmen no matter how far he swings or cuts it [...] Nathan Bracken bowls to slow.......

Let me give you two players:

Ave 22.63 / 21.32

SR 28.93 / 28.92

Econ 4.69 / 4.42

One's Brett Lee and the other is Nathan Bracken...

Stats obviously don't tell the whole story (especially in ODI cricket) but when two guys are as closely matched as this... I find slagging one off and hailing the other pretty odd!

[KennyG]

Bracken is good.
If Ponting gave him the ball for the third last over instead of Watson we might have won.
It was stupid to change the winning formula(4 quicks & 10 overs of part time spin) so Watson could play.
Hogg for White I can see but Watson for Johnson/Tait or S.Clark is stupid.

[Rachael]

Originally Posted by KennyG

Bracken is good.

Selected 2006 Calendar Year ODI Best Bowling Averages
Based on all matches up to and including
ODI # 2469: New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Queenstown, 2nd ODI, 31/12/2006
Name                Mat    O      M     R   W    Ave  Best  4w 5w    SR  Econ Team

SM Pollock           21  186     32   555   32  17.34  4-26   1  -  34.8  2.98 RSA
NW Bracken           23  194.4   19   866   46  18.82  5-67   1  1  25.3  4.44 AUS
SR Watson            12   80      0   364   19  19.15  4-43   1  -  25.2  4.55 AUS
M Ntini              15  126.3   18   552   28  19.71  6-22   -  2  27.1  4.36 RSA
MG Johnson            9   61      1   297   14  21.21  4-11   1  -  26.1  4.86 AUS
SE Bond              11  105.2   10   463   21  22.04  3-32   -  -  30.0  4.39 NZ
MF Maharoof          22  152.2    6   715   31  23.06  6-14   -  1  29.4  4.69 SL
A Nel                11   91     10   398   17  23.41  4-13   1  -  32.1  4.37 RSA
SL Malinga           18  152.5    8   706   30  23.53  4-44   2  -  30.5  4.61 SL
JH Kallis            14   83.1    6   401   17  23.58  3-3    -  -  29.3  4.82 RSA
JE Taylor            24  197.2   11   956   39  24.51  4-24   2  -  30.3  4.84 WI
B Lee                26  231.4   15  1095   44  24.88  5-22   3  2  31.5  4.72 AUS
IK Pathan            24  175.4   17   888   35  25.37  4-51   1  -  30.1  5.05 IND
IDR Bradshaw         26  229.4   14   927   36  25.75  3-30   -  -  38.2  4.03 WI
GD McGrath           14  115     17   390   15  26.00  3-22   -  -  46.0  3.39 AUS
JDP Oram              5   40      3   159    6  26.50  3-26   -  -  40.0  3.97 NZ
AB Agarkar           24  188.5   11   894   31  28.83  2-22   -  -  36.5  4.73 IND
DJ Bravo             24  140.5    9   722   25  28.88  3-14   -  -  33.8  5.12 WI
WPUJC Vaas           27  237.3   23  1081   36  30.02  5-39   2  1  39.5  4.55 SL
S Sreesanth          18  146.5    8   802   25  32.08  6-55   1  1  35.2  5.46 IND
Mohammad Asif        16  135.4   21   548   17  32.23  3-28   -  -  47.8  4.03 PAK

If Bracken wants a good omen for the forthcoming Ashes opener at Brisbane, he needs only to rewind by 12 months, to the opening Test of the West Indies series at the Gabba last year. Bracken's second-innings figures of 4 for 48 secured a thumping 379-run win. He's played just one Test since, but in the year 2006, he has been the world's leading one-day wicket-taker, with 46 wickets in 23 matches.

http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/austr...ry/267145.html