آسٹریلیائی کوچ مکی آرتھر نے ایک انٹرویو دیا ہے جس میں انہوں نے کہا ہے کہ ان کا خیال ہے کہ موجودہ آسٹریلیائی بولنگ اٹیک دنیا کا سب سے بہترین ہے۔! میں یہ روایتی "گلن میک گراتھ" سے پہلے ایشز میں تقریر کو ختم کرنے کے جذبے سے لے رہا ہوں, لیکن آرتھر نے یہ نہیں کہا کہ وہ انگلینڈ کے بولنگ اٹیک سے بہتر ہیں (خود میں کافی مشکوک) لیکن دنیا میں بھی سب سے بہتر ہے۔ تو کیا واقعی انگلینڈ کو ان کے جوتے میں ہلنا چاہئے?
Lets start with current test world #1 side South Africa and compare their bowling talent with the current Aussie line-up
Vernon Philander: 16 ٹیسٹ, 89 wickets @ 17.13
مورنے مورکل: 49 ٹیسٹ, 175 wickets @ 29.97
ڈیل اسٹین: 65 ٹیسٹ, 332 wickets @ 22.65
Jacques Kallis: 162 ٹیسٹ, 288 wickets @ 32.43
مجموعی طور پر: 292 ٹیسٹ, 884 wickets @ 26.74
James Pattinson: 10 ٹیسٹ, 40 wickets @ 23.37
پیٹر سڈل: 41 ٹیسٹ, 150 wickets @ 28.84
Nathan Lyon: 22 ٹیسٹ, 76 wickets @ 33.18
مچل سٹارک: 9 ٹیسٹ, 30 wickets @ 34.03
Ryan Harris: 12 ٹیسٹ, 47 wickets @ 23.63
مجموعی طور پر: 94 ٹیسٹ, 343 wickets @ 28.91
So — the South African attack have played 3 ان کے درمیان بار کے طور پر بہت سے ٹیسٹ (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 ٹیسٹ, 307 wickets @ 30.14
Stuart Broad: 57 ٹیسٹ, 195 wickets @ 30.93
اسٹیون فن: 22 ٹیسٹ, 88 wickets @ 28.73
گریم سوان: 52 ٹیسٹ, 222 wickets @ 28.50
مجموعی طور پر: 213 ٹیسٹ, 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, یا 16 میچ فی رنز). The Aussie line-up is also less versatile (یعنی. Swann is a much better spinner than anything the Aussies have to offer). Arthur also talked about strength in depth, 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, وارنر, کوون, Khawaja and Wade)
Of course, 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, ٹروٹ, 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, ٹاس, 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.
“سرخ / سبز رنگ کی کمی کے نقطہ نظر میں گلابی رنگ بھوری رنگ / نیلے رنگ کی نظر آتی ہے, اس کی شدت پر منحصر ہے. میں نے رنگ اندھا پن کے ساتھ ایک نقالی کی تھی…”