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great news the useless twat is injured and will miss the champions trophy, he should go and join mick lewis and take lawn bowls

Idiot - At least spell his name right.

Get off his case you chump

A bit harsh on Clarky! Who gives a toss if he gets cracked in the odd one dayer? In the real cricket the guy has done the job since making his Test debut and that is what players are remembered for. There's something not right about blokes who come on this site and are glad that players are injured.

To the hall of mirrors for you Terrance.

regards,

REB

idiot to you buckethead, the guy cant bowl, i am not the only one to have made that observation, and as for getting his name right who gives a flying f**k

stampy wrote:idiot to you buckethead, the guy cant bowl, i am not the only one to have made that observation, and as for getting his name right who gives a flying f**k

I'm tipping you don't have Foxtel or Austar Stampy because if you saw him bowl in the Test Series in South Africa this year you would know that this bloke can play. Good pace ~ 135 km and his line and length was damn good.

In short I'm not concerned when Pidge does hang up his boots as this bloke is a ready made replacement.

Not saying he'll be as good but he will hold is own in the test arena....

Tests 4 882 394 21 5/55 9/89 18.76
First-class 65 13389 6577 223 6/84 29.49

Stampy,

Clark has 21 wickets in four tests with an average under 20. Clark has 223 first class wickets at under 30. So, in the real stuff he is a proven wicket taker at first class level. It's true that his one day stats are less flattering but One day cricket is and always will be a batsman's game. The figures above flatly contradict your assertion that the man can't bowl.

Wrinkles,

nah, he's no McGrath, but Pidge is one out of the box. But Clark can get at least 200 test wickets and is the closest 'McGrath' type of the next generation of bowling stocks.

I hope Clark does play at the Gabba.

regards,

REB

TC totally agree that he will not be as good as McGrath, he is a great of the Baggy green.

My pioint is Clark has the ability to play the McGrath role, on the spot, short of a length, in the channel @ 135 km, capacbly of a heavy ball that comes off a length. It was interesting at the Wanderers test, he was Pontings go to man a la Pidge in the 2nd dig....

What he doesn't have is McGraths personality to will wickets and "command" the pitch, i.e **** off dickhead, this is my wicket/pitch, you are wasting my time by being out here.....Clarke is much more introverted, has to develop that confidence and "ego".

I mean McGrath was sledging Border in his first shield match.....not that it did any real good, but it demonstrated here is a kid with a bit of "personality" who wont back down. Not to mention he was pepared to bounce the Windies quicks in his first series against them......when he couldn't bat for sh!t and they knew it.

Clark wont get within cooee of McGraths record, but he will be a handy test player for another 4 years.

stampy wrote:idiot to you buckethead, the guy cant bowl, i am not the only one to have made that observation, and as for getting his name right who gives a flying f**k

Well if your going to abuse him and make a statement, then spelling his name right does matter.

Itsa batsmens world these days so any bowler that can do what Stuey
has done so far has performed admirably.

i thought he was a doctor in those doctor series like doctor at sea, doctor in the house etc etc

Rik E Boy wrote:Tests 4 882 394 21 5/55 9/89 18.76
First-class 65 13389 6577 223 6/84 29.49

Stampy,

Clark has 21 wickets in four tests with an average under 20. Clark has 223 first class wickets at under 30. So, in the real stuff he is a proven wicket taker at first class level. It's true that his one day stats are less flattering but One day cricket is and always will be a batsman's game. The figures above flatly contradict your assertion that the man can't bowl.

Wrinkles,

nah, he's no McGrath, but Pidge is one out of the box. But Clark can get at least 200 test wickets and is the closest 'McGrath' type of the next generation of bowling stocks.

I hope Clark does play at the Gabba.

regards,

REB

This is why we should all respect REB as the 2nd best authority of cricket on this site.
Hopefooly Clarky has now recieving his STAMP of approval.
Without doubt he is the most improved cricketer in the land.

And to think some nuff nuffs on this site were calling for Tait and Johnson over Clark for this test match....

I dont think we will hear much from stampy, Clarke bowled really well, great line and length, good pace (135-138kmph) and his batting was also very very good

To be fair to stampy tho, he has posted that he was wrong about Clark on this site since this post. I thought Tait should have been selected as his efforts against England convinced me he was the genuine article so a bit of each way from me on that one. Lee our poorest bowler by a mile in the series to date..ok, maybe Hussey

regards,

REB

I must admit, I was critical of S Clarke's selection but credit to the lad he was outstanding

Given Clarke's performance Lee is probably under the hammer, Lee's record against the Pom's is ordinary

S/DOG I reckon Clarke consistently out performs Lee in the
tests played together, and dare I say it commands a spot before Lee.
Lee bowls 150km a hour, when he drops to a 139km a hour that will be the end.

C L A R K

sheesh.

REB

sydney-dog wrote:I must admit, I was critical of S Clarke's selection but credit to the lad he was outstanding

Given Clarke's performance Lee is probably under the hammer, Lee's record against the Pom's is ordinary

I agree that Brett Lee is under the hammer, and his record against England isn't as good as he would have hoped, but heck, it isn't through lack of trying.

I thought during the last Ashes series Brett Lee was probably our best player, after Shane Warne. At all times he put in 110% into his bowling (and batting) and never gave up without a fight. I think the selectors will persevere with Lee because of this.

Now, and into the future Lee will have to continue to bowl very well to retain his place in the side as he is now 30 years old, and I would expect his pace to drop rapidly once it does start fading. Couple that with the two young fast bowlers in Tait & Johnson constantly vying for his spot, it could be all over in 2-3 years...

I don't think they'll be too keen to jettison Lee with Gillespie gone and McGrath soon to follow. It would leave a very green attack.

Rik E Boy wrote:C L A R K

sheesh.

REB

Maybe we should write to him and ask if he could change his name to Clarke to accommodate the posters on safooty