ऑस्ट्रेलियन प्रशिक्षक मिकी आर्थरने एक मुलाखत दिली आहे ज्यामध्ये ते म्हणाले की सध्याचा ऑस्ट्रेलियन गोलंदाजीचा हल्ला जगातील सर्वोत्कृष्ट आहे.! मी पारंपारिक “ग्लेन मॅकग्रा” प्री-अ‍ॅश windड स्पीचच्या भावनेने हे घेत आहे, परंतु इंग्लंडच्या गोलंदाजीच्या हल्ल्यापेक्षा ते चांगले होते असे आर्थरने म्हटले नाही (स्वत: मध्ये पुरेसे संशयास्पद) परंतु जगातील इतर लोकांपेक्षादेखील चांगले. तर इंग्लंडने खरोखरच त्यांच्या बुटांमध्ये भिरकावले पाहिजे?
Lets start with current test world #1 side South Africa and compare their bowling talent with the current Aussie line-up
Vernon Philander: 16 कसोटी, 89 wickets @ 17.13
मॉर्न मॉर्केल: 49 कसोटी, 175 wickets @ 29.97
डेल स्टेन: 65 कसोटी, 332 wickets @ 22.65
Jacques Kallis: 162 कसोटी, 288 wickets @ 32.43
एकंदरीत: 292 कसोटी, 884 wickets @ 26.74
James Pattinson: 10 कसोटी, 40 wickets @ 23.37
पीटर सिडल: 41 कसोटी, 150 wickets @ 28.84
Nathan Lyon: 22 कसोटी, 76 wickets @ 33.18
मिचेल स्टार्क: 9 कसोटी, 30 wickets @ 34.03
Ryan Harris: 12 कसोटी, 47 wickets @ 23.63
एकंदरीत: 94 कसोटी, 343 wickets @ 28.91
So — the South African attack have played 3 वेळा त्यांना दरम्यान अनेक चाचण्या (despite comparing 4 players to 5) and have taken many more wickets at a lower average. They’re also currently world number 1 and you don’t get there unless your bowling attack is in form. As far as I’m concerened there is no further debate needed. But lets just see how England fit in…
James Anderson: 82 कसोटी, 307 wickets @ 30.14
Stuart Broad: 57 कसोटी, 195 wickets @ 30.93
स्टीव्हन फिन: 22 कसोटी, 88 wickets @ 28.73
ग्रॅमी स्वान: 52 कसोटी, 222 wickets @ 28.50
एकंदरीत: 213 कसोटी, 812 wickets @ 29.73
The England attack has played more than twice as many Tests and taken more than twice as many wickets. The Aussie’s have a slight edge in the averages but there’s very little in it (0.8 runs per wicket, किंवा 16 दर सामन्यात धावा). The Aussie line-up is also less versatile (i.e. Swann is a much better spinner than anything the Aussies have to offer). आर्थर देखील खोली मध्ये शक्ती बद्दल बोललो, but with the experienced Bresnan available, and other top bowlers also available England also have considerable strength in depth. In English conditions the England bowlers can reasonably expected to have the advantage — especially with Graeme Swann being so effective against left-handers (The Aussies have 5 left-handed batsmen in their 16-man squad — Hughes, वॉर्नर, कोवान, ख्वाजा आणि वेड)
अर्थात, the Aussies want to talk about bowling attacks because they have major concerns about their batting line up. I would do a comparison, but it’s not even clear what the Aussie line-up will be. In my opinion the only Aussie batsman who would get into the England side is their injured captain Michael Clarke. Cook, ट्रॉट, KP and Root are all rock solid and Matt Prior is probably the best keeper-batsman in the world at the moment.
In conclusion: the bowling line-ups may be reasonably evenly matched, but overall there is no contest — England are strong favourites and rightly so. Of course Australia have a decent chance — but they’ll need some luck on their side from injuries, नाणेफेक, or the English summer weather. Given no injuries and an even break of weather and the toss I expect England to win as comfortably as they did in Australia last time round — by at least 2 matches. Call it 3–1 or better.
“लाल / हिरव्या रंगाच्या कमतरतेमुळे गुलाबी बॉल धूसर / निळा दिसतो, त्याच्या तीव्रतेवर अवलंबून. मी रंगाने अंधत्व असलेले एक नक्कल केले…”