Should Praveen kumar be taken to England ?

[kabira]

He was moving even 40 over old ball, thats a great skill to have. His asset is wrist position. He reminds me Kapil Dev, with that prodigious swing both ways...Kapil was master of talking top order wickets in his first spell.

[Yoda-esque]

He was moving even 40 over old ball, thats a great skill to have. His asset is wrist position. He reminds me Kapil Dev, with that prodigious swing both ways...Kapil was master of talking top order wickets in his first spell.

Praveen Kumar will be effective in England.He alongwith Ishant and Zaheer will be terrific. So then we have one seam and swing bowler in Zaheer,one pure seam bowler and one swing bowler.England flourished against the Aussies because although the Oz bowlers were fast,they lacked movement or variation.Pace isnt everything. Personally, I feel Munna should play the test at Lords though.Line and length bowlers have had a lot of success there.He should bowl down the slope too..will give him additional pace and the ball will keep low.Check out Mcgrath's bowling in 2005 Ashes :)

[Cricket Tragic]

McGrath was epic at Lord's. It's not just the 2005 Ashes.

[Karan114]

Praveen has certainly answered a lot of questions with his ability to move the older ball. I'm still a bit concerned about how his lack of pace might affect him on flatter pitches, but maybe he'll do the business on them as well. If he can just work on this problem of running onto the danger area, he can be really useful for the Indian Test team.

[Cricket Tragic]

Hes a bit of an embarresing pick TBH' date=' hes like Jonathon Trott, Collingwood or Iand Bell bowling but with a bit more control.[/quote'] Your whole team is embarrassing tbh.

[rkt.india]

Praveen has certainly answered a lot of questions with his ability to move the older ball. I'm still a bit concerned about how his lack of pace might affect him on flatter pitches, but maybe he'll do the business on them as well. If he can just work on this problem of running onto the danger area, he can be really useful for the Indian Test team.

England batsmen are world class...second strongest batting after India right now, IMO. IT will not be easy their. Patience and consistency will be the key. Building pressure. This team is different in than 2007 in terms of batting capacity which is better this time, a little loss of focus and game is gone.

[Yoda-esque]

McGrath was epic at Lord's. It's not just the 2005 Ashes.

True that..but just the number of clean bowleds in that 2005 test ..was awesome to see... Still remember that line by Richie Beneaud "The ball made a real klinging sound...."

[Cricket Tragic]

The first day was epic. Aus got bowled out and all the English supporters were on a high. Pretty soon Tresco was caught in the cordon, Vaughan and Flintoff lost their stumps and Giles got out right at the end if I rememeber correctly (glove down the leg side off Lee to make it 90 odd for 7).

[Yoda-esque]

The first day was epic. Aus got bowled out and all the English supporters were on a high. Pretty soon Tresco was caught in the cordon' date=' Vaughan and Flintoff lost their stumps and Giles got out right at the end if I rememeber correctly (glove down the leg side off Lee to make it 90 odd for 7).[/quote'] I truly believe that had Mcgrath not gotten injured,OZ would have retained the Ashes. I mean he and Warne were just an unstoppable combo.

[Cricket Tragic]

I truly believe that had Mcgrath not gotten injured,OZ would have retained the Ashes. I mean he and Warne were just an unstoppable combo.

I agree. Warne took 40 wickets and scored 200 odd runs in the series!

[msb1991]

He was moving even 40 over old ball, thats a great skill to have. His asset is wrist position. He reminds me Kapil Dev, with that prodigious swing both ways...Kapil was master of talking top order wickets in his first spell.

His lack of pace makes it more likely for his balls to catch the edge rather than beat the bat, it is really quite helpful for him.

[rkt.india]

His lack of pace makes it more likely for his balls to catch the edge rather than beat the bat' date=' it is really quite helpful for him.[/quote'] But edges on his bowling may not carry to the slips because of lack of pace...especially in England where pitches are slow and less bouncy.