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Ashes 2005 - England's best bowling attack till date?


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Posted
3 hours ago, Nikola said:

All wickets of Australian batsman in 2005 ashes. Was this best bowling attack to ever play for England?

 

They got destroyed on flat pitches in Pakistan a few months later. 

Posted
8 minutes ago, Nikhil_cric said:

They got destroyed on flat pitches in Pakistan a few months later. 

They were good in this series and series before this (Eng's tour to SA) so maybe for short period of time but when these 4 pacers played together not only they picked up wickets but entertained us as well.

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2 hours ago, Nikhil_cric said:

They got destroyed on flat pitches in Pakistan a few months later. 

Pakistan has been a huge mental block for the English side for many years now. Last time they surprised Pak was when they won the test series under Nasser Hussain in Karachi, 2000...pitch black darkness with Moin Khan trying all tricks to call off the match. 

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They worked as unit but best attack has to have anderson, broad, swann 

If the current ones play all together it ll be very lethal in england conditions- Anderson, broad, archer, woakes, curran 

Posted
3 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

They worked as unit but best attack has to have anderson, broad, swann 

If the current ones play all together it ll be very lethal in england conditions- Anderson, broad, archer, woakes, curran 

Was talking about 4 man pace attack which played in the series. They had pace, movement and were accurate in this series. Pick 4 man pack attack of era from england who could have won 2005 ashes.

Posted
6 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

They worked as unit but best attack has to have anderson, broad, swann 

The way Dravid fought against that attack in 2011, without support, always under huge scorecard pressure and a few howlers against him, respect !!!!

 

Kohli in 2018 was outstanding but RD was playing the best side in the world back then. 

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7 minutes ago, Gollum said:

The way Dravid fought against that attack in 2011, without support, always under huge scorecard pressure and a few howlers against him, respect !!!!

 

Kohli in 2018 was outstanding but RD was playing the best side in the world back then. 

Dravid must have been hurt not to be part of worldcup winning squad in 2011. I know he wasn't part of odi team for over a year but he must have been thinking about proving himself in upcoming series and i think he made comeback in limited over side after such exceptional performance.

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45 minutes ago, Gollum said:

The way Dravid fought against that attack in 2011, without support, always under huge scorecard pressure and a few howlers against him, respect !!!!

 

Kohli in 2018 was outstanding but RD was playing the best side in the world back then. 

yup it was one the best batting displays, he also opened in few innings if im not wrong 

Posted
15 hours ago, Gollum said:

Pakistan has been a huge mental block for the English side for many years now. Last time they surprised Pak was when they won the test series under Nasser Hussain in Karachi, 2000...pitch black darkness with Moin Khan trying all tricks to call off the match. 

Agreed but surely they can't be termed a great English attack when they hardly played together and could not perform 2 series in a row?  Botham/Willis (pre 83) and Anderson/Broad/Swann were much more consistent. 

Posted (edited)
18 hours ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

yup it was one the best batting displays, he also opened in few innings if im not wrong 

Yep, in one test he carried his bat and then opened again while following on :weights:

Edited by Clarke
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On 6/11/2020 at 7:10 PM, Ankit_sharma03 said:

yup it was one the best batting displays, he also opened in few innings if im not wrong 

Opened and stayed not out in one test as wickets fell at other end. I think he scored a 100 in the lost cause.

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