Cricket Tragic Posted July 11, 2012 Posted July 11, 2012 When asked during the Sky Sports coverage whether he was impressed by Pattinson, Holding answered: "Can't say I'm impressed - he looks OK. "It's not something that I would put my corn flakes down to come and watch." "The first time I saw Brett Lee he seemed to be someone that I would put down lunch, breakfast, dinner to watch. "But Brett Lee was an immediate success for me. He looked smooth, he just looked as if everything just came natural to him.
SLICKR392 Posted July 11, 2012 Posted July 11, 2012 Looked very ordinary against England and in West Indies. With this attitude..he isn't getting anywhere. It was his 2nd match and he had made himself M.Marshal.
putrevus Posted July 11, 2012 Posted July 11, 2012 our maharathis were facing this bum as if they were facing Malcolm Marshall in his prime. Aussies are such an ordinary team and yet we got walloped by bums like this and Hilfy.
SLICKR392 Posted July 11, 2012 Posted July 11, 2012 our maharathis were facing this bum as if they were facing Malcolm Marshall in his prime. Aussies are such an ordinary team and yet we got walloped by bums like this and Hilfy. We failed because of the "magic" delivery that Hilfy produced every now and then. The out swinger!
putrevus Posted July 11, 2012 Posted July 11, 2012 We failed because of the "magic" delivery that Hilfy produced every now and then. The out swinger! what happened that magic delivery only works against India and not against England.
Dravid_TheWall Posted July 11, 2012 Posted July 11, 2012 our maharathis were facing this bum as if they were facing Malcolm Marshall in his prime. Aussies are such an ordinary team and yet we got walloped by bums like this and Hilfy. True. We shouldn't have got successive whitewashes. Embarassing to think a team with such powerful batting, couldn't save even one test! Bowling is crap so nothing to say on that.
SLICKR392 Posted July 11, 2012 Posted July 11, 2012 what happened that magic delivery only works against India and not against England. Because we were 'filth' in those tours!
goggi Posted July 11, 2012 Posted July 11, 2012 Thank you Holding. God bless. Patterson is just another run of the mill bowler. There is nothing special about him. He looked ordinary in West Indies and even more ordinary in England. Australia currently have no bowling resources. I would say Ryan Harris is the best they have, who I rate highly, but the poor guy breaks down too often and he is on the wrong side of 30.
vamos_rafa Posted July 12, 2012 Posted July 12, 2012 So true. Pattin-ka-beta was not someone whom we should have given so much of respect to. But :(( Anyways, nice to hear Holding'd view on Brett Lee. He, statistically might not be one of the greatest, but was one of the fiercest fast bowlers around. People here don't rate him much but in full flight, he was one of the few fascinating bowlers around.
CG Posted July 12, 2012 Posted July 12, 2012 So true. Pattin-ka-beta was not someone whom we should have given so much of respect to. But :(( Anyways, nice to hear Holding'd view on Brett Lee. He, statistically might not be one of the greatest, but was one of the fiercest fast bowlers around. People here don't rate him much but in full flight, he was one of the few fascinating bowlers around. Lee is overrated ,He played most of his cricket in australia and his average of 30 is not good enough and in sc he was hammered.Pattinson action may not be beautiful but he has produced results and odi series is no platform to test bowlers ,he bowls a full length and can swing the ball at good pace and get good bounce.he has all the attributes .
vamos_rafa Posted July 12, 2012 Posted July 12, 2012 Lee is overrated ' date='He played most of his cricket in australia and his average of 30 is not good enough and in sc he was hammered.Pattinson action may not be beautiful but he has produced results and odi series is no judje ,he bowls a full length and can swingthe ball at good pace and get good bounce.he has all the attributes .[/quote'] I am not saying that Lee is an ATG. But, there was a phase in 2007-08 when he was as good as any bowler. Yes, he was spanked for runs on many occasions, but he always gave his 100% and his pace never dipped and that too with a smooth action. His average might have been on the higher side, but there were many spells in which he had a big impact.
Crookbond Posted July 12, 2012 Posted July 12, 2012 Lee is the ONLY cricketer from the great Australian generation who can give anyone a run for their money even now. Case in point - WC QF vs India. It looked like Ponting and Lee were the men amidst the other Aussies in their nappies.
Crookbond Posted July 12, 2012 Posted July 12, 2012 On the OP, I completely agree with Michael Holding. Pattinson is not exciting, he may still perform well but not the showman.
Hell Raiser Posted July 12, 2012 Posted July 12, 2012 Pattinson is not a good ODI bowler, but he is certainly a very impressive Test match bowler. During ODI's in SA, he looked the same as in this series against Eng but was a beast in test matches against NZ and Ind.
rkt.india Posted July 12, 2012 Posted July 12, 2012 So Holding decides it based on 2 ODIs where he was coming back from a back injury. I guess he did not watch ODI matches against Lanka in Lanka and Aussie home test matches
rkt.india Posted July 12, 2012 Posted July 12, 2012 Thank you Holding. God bless. Patterson is just another run of the mill bowler. There is nothing special about him. He looked ordinary in West Indies and even more ordinary in England. Australia currently have no bowling resources. I would say Ryan Harris is the best they have, who I rate highly, but the poor guy breaks down too often and he is on the wrong side of 30. How many overs he bowled in WI. He barely bowled anything because he suffered back injury and returned back.
Chandan Posted July 12, 2012 Posted July 12, 2012 When asked during the Sky Sports coverage whether he was impressed by Pattinson, Holding answered: "Can't say I'm impressed - he looks OK. "It's not something that I would put my corn flakes down to come and watch." "The first time I saw Brett Lee he seemed to be someone that I would put down lunch, breakfast, dinner to watch. "But Brett Lee was an immediate success for me. He looked smooth, he just looked as if everything just came natural to him. It is suggested that if you quote a news piece please do mention the link as well!
bajrang Posted July 12, 2012 Posted July 12, 2012 tell me something new holding. i would trust even raina to thrash pattinson in ODI. nobody is a great ODI bowler anymore. even holding in his prime would have been thrashed by harbhajan in ODI. but yeah pattinson seems so generic. Brett lee was phenomenal when he arrived.
panther Posted July 12, 2012 Posted July 12, 2012 brett lee the odi bowler is much much better than pattison. pattison is a test bowler and will probably have a better test career than brett lee.
Crookbond Posted July 12, 2012 Posted July 12, 2012 tell me something new holding. i would trust even raina to thrash pattinson in ODI. nobody is a great ODI bowler anymore. even holding in his prime would have been thrashed by harbhajan in ODI. but yeah pattinson seems so generic. Brett lee was phenomenal when he arrived. :cantstop:
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