5th Test Border Gavaskar Trophy January 3-7 1000hrs @ the SCG

[Lunchtime]

To watch them back to back is to feel genuinely sorry for Darryl Cullinan. Poor dude. He was a good batter. He was really good! And Warney just ruined the poor bastard.

Overall he (Cullinan) averaged 44.21 in Test cricket, yet I didn't realise how bad he was against Australia, he really did struggle:

Home vs Australia
Matches: 3
Innings: 6
Runs: 122
Average: 24.40
50s: 0
100s: 0
50+ Scores: 0
Highest Score: 47
Not Outs: 1
Ducks: 1

Away vs Australia
Matches: 4
Innings: 7
Runs: 31
Average: 4.42
50s: 0
100s: 0
50+ Scores: 0
Highest Score: 10
Not Outs: 0
Ducks: 2

Overall vs Australia
Matches: 7
Innings: 13
Runs: 153
Average: 12.75
50s: 0
100s: 0
50+ Scores: 0
Highest Score: 47
Not Outs: 1
Ducks: 3

 

[010203]

To watch them back to back is to feel genuinely sorry for Darryl Cullinan. Poor dude. He was a good batter. He was really good! And Warney just ruined the poor bastard.

The 2 flippers that got Cullinan at the SCG in 1994 were a delight and it was funny how clueless a pretty good player was made to look.

Ian Chappell has spoken about how one day Tony Greig said to Cullinan "What are you watching for when Warne bowls the flipper"? Cullinan's response: "I don't know".

 

[sr36]

I wouldn't call Lyon a great. He's just a good off-spin bowler. Lara and Tendulkar would of taken him to the cleaners.

They took everyone to the cleaners - including Shane Warne.

Australia is a spinners graveyard - particularly for finger spinners. The greats from all over the world come here and don't fire a shot. Murali averaged 75 in Aust. Swann 53, Ashwin 42.

Lyon has averaged 31 in Australia and outbowled every Australian or visiting spinner of any persuasion just about every game for a decade. And then also done well on every other continent.

When the time comes, he'll be the hardest player in our team to replace.

 

[Lunchtime]

They took everyone to the cleaners - including Shane Warne.

Australia is a spinners graveyard - particularly for finger spinners. The greats from all over the world come here and don't fire a shot. Murali averaged 75 in Aust. Swann 53, Ashwin 42.

Lyon has averaged 31 in Australia and outbowled every Australian or visiting spinner of any persuasion just about every game for a decade. And then also done well on every other continent.

When the time comes, he'll be the hardest player in our team to replace.

Saqlain Mushtaq averaged 34.14 in Australia.

One of the all time great off-spinners.

 

[Lunchtime]

They took everyone to the cleaners - including Shane Warne.

Australia is a spinners graveyard - particularly for finger spinners. The greats from all over the world come here and don't fire a shot. Murali averaged 75 in Aust. Swann 53, Ashwin 42.

Lyon has averaged 31 in Australia and outbowled every Australian or visiting spinner of any persuasion just about every game for a decade. And then also done well on every other continent.

When the time comes, he'll be the hardest player in our team to replace.

Lyon - Test Averages: Countries

Australia: 31.08
Bangladesh: 14.31
England: 29.61
India: 27.35
New Zealand: 16.91
Pakistan: 44.91
South Africa: 39.75
Sri Lanka: 32.02
UAE: 53.80
West Indies: 23.38

 

[sr36]

Saqlain Mushtaq averaged 34.14 in Australia.

One of the all time great off-spinners.

Yeah he was awesome.

 

[Lunchtime]

Yeah he was awesome.

Only played 46 Test matches. If only he played more Test's. Averaged 29 in Tests and averaged 21 in ODI.

Up there with the best finger spinners I've seen.

 

[Topkent]

Zampa has a point about the sad lack of top quality leg spinners across the world in Test cricket. Unfortunately for him, he had no hope of being picked. If they were going to take a leg spinner, it would have been Mitch Swepson but his numbers don't stack up this season.

He had no hope because he's a dog shit leg spinner in long form cricket, he's tailored his whole game to bowling quick flat leggies that work in short form cricket. Hes played 3 first class games in 3 years. Did he move state to try play more? Did he go overseas and play first class cricket?
Nope just had a whinge that it's some conspiracy that a bloke with a FC bowling average in the 40s can't get a gig

 

[sr36]

Only played 46 Test matches. If only he played more Test's. Averaged 29 in Tests and averaged 21 in ODI.

Up there with the best finger spinners I've seen.

They had some great who we unfortunately we didn't get to see enough of. Mushy and Saeed Anwar only played a similar number of tests.

 

[Topkent]

I always wonder how unlucky Stuey Macgill feels, he's Australia's second greatest ever leg spinner and probably will still be for 100 more years. If he came along in any other era essentially he takes 500 test wickets. He was so unlucky to be born the same time as Warne

 

[sabso]

I always wonder how unlucky Stuey Macgill feels, he's Australia's second greatest ever leg spinner and probably will still be for 100 more years. If he came along in any other era essentially he takes 500 test wickets. He was so unlucky to be born the same time as Warne

He took that bad luck out on the Sydney criminal underworld

 

[Lunchtime]

They had some great who we unfortunately we didn't get to see enough of. Mushy and Saeed Anwar only played a similar number of tests.

They were great players too.

 

[Lunchtime]

I always wonder how unlucky Stuey Macgill feels, he's Australia's second greatest ever leg spinner and probably will still be for 100 more years. If he came along in any other era essentially he takes 500 test wickets. He was so unlucky to be born the same time as Warne

In my opinion he is Australia's second best spinner behind Shane Warne. No Warne means MacGill plays a lot more Test matches.

 

[Lunchtime]

He had no hope because he's a dog shit leg spinner in long form cricket, he's tailored his whole game to bowling quick flat leggies that work in short form cricket. Hes played 3 first class games in 3 years. Did he move state to try play more? Did he go overseas and play first class cricket?
Nope just had a whinge that it's some conspiracy that a bloke with a FC bowling average in the 40s can't get a gig

46.56...thats his First-Class average with the ball.

 

[Topkent]

46.56...thats his First-Class average with the ball.

Yeah. If he's hard done by Glenn Maxwell could have been our front line spinner as well