Is Shane Warne as Good as He Was?

[Dipper]

I was in Austarlia for the year when Warne had his shoulder op & I remember what a great bowler he was before it-I especially remember how good his flipper was & how it used come through real quick & low & catch batsmen on the back foot bowled or LBW but it seems to me that although still a good bowler he is not the great bowler he was before the op & the flipper seems to be the delivery that has suffered more then the others.He was over here last season playing for Hampshire(& harrasing chicks on the phone) & his figures weren't that great, once upon a team these blokes wouldn't have been able to lay a bat in him.What do you blokes think?
Also our team is in Pakistan & they produced a turner for the 1st test but it was too slow to get a result & for the 2nd test the curator has been told to prepare 2 pitches(both turners) so that they can chose the best one-I don't mind this everyone knows we don't play spin that well & don't have good spinners but what pisses me off is that every warm up game has been played on a damp grassy quick bowlers paradise-so I say give our blokes a bloody chance you bloody cheats!

 

[JUBJUB]

Shane WHO ??????????

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"He is a loathsome offensive brute,yet I can't look away".

 

[GoEagles]

DIPPER - To be honnest I dont think Shane will play after 2002 just a gut feeling. He's definately not the bowler he used to be. He's not wizzing the balls down as fast and spinning them as much as before. But luckily Australia's got McGill who I rate fairly highly!

 

[Guest]

Pakistan cheats? No way...

I also think Hansie was innocent and Elvis is still alive.

 

[Woofer]

I've a horrible feeling we've seen the best of him. He doesn't turn it at right angles anymore and he has lost control of his flipper. I don't think he'll walk straight back in either when he is fit. Love the bloke but I think he's "gone".

 

[sikblond]

if warney was as good as he once was why is his million dollar mansion complete with spa and bay views for auction down sandringham way?

 

[GoEagles]

sikblond - maybe he has to pay off his phone bills, heh

 

[pluga_4]

DIPPER - To be honnest I dont think Shane will play after 2002 just a gut feeling. He's definately not the bowler he used to be. He's not wizzing the balls down as fast and spinning them as much as before. But luckily Australia's got McGill who I rate fairly highly!

its 2006 and who knows how much longer he'll be tweaking them for

 

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Great thread Dips

 

[Cassius_Clay]

DIPPER - To be honnest I dont think Shane will play after 2002 just a gut feeling. He's definately not the bowler he used to be. He's not wizzing the balls down as fast and spinning them as much as before. But luckily Australia's got McGill who I rate fairly highly!

LoL.

 

[Cassius_Clay]

I was in Austarlia for the year when Warne had his shoulder op & I remember what a great bowler he was before it-I especially remember how good his flipper was & how it used come through real quick & low & catch batsmen on the back foot bowled or LBW but it seems to me that although still a good bowler he is not the great bowler he was before the op & the flipper seems to be the delivery that has suffered more then the others.He was over here last season playing for Hampshire(& harrasing chicks on the phone) & his figures weren't that great, once upon a team these blokes wouldn't have been able to lay a bat in him.What do you blokes think?
Also our team is in Pakistan & they produced a turner for the 1st test but it was too slow to get a result & for the 2nd test the curator has been told to prepare 2 pitches(both turners) so that they can chose the best one-I don't mind this everyone knows we don't play spin that well & don't have good spinners but what ********es me off is that every warm up game has been played on a damp grassy quick bowlers paradise-so I say give our blokes a bloody chance you bloody cheats!

Nice thread.

Hows Ashley going?

 

[Grimreepah]

good bump Pluga4

To be fair to Dipper, Shane wasn't going so well. He had been averaging over 30 for about 3 years, and getting worse. Stuart MacGill was performing a lot better.

This is one where the selectors could easily have gone in a different direction. Credit where credit is due - the selectors had a blinder.

 

[pluga_4]

good bump Pluga4

To be fair to Dipper, Shane wasn't going so well. He had been averaging over 30 for about 3 years, and getting worse. Stuart MacGill was performing a lot better.

This is one where the selectors could easily have gone in a different direction. Credit where credit is due - the selectors had a blinder.

yep, true. but i couldn't help digging this up.

see what good friday does to me...bored as hell here

 

[Grimreepah]

see what good friday does to me...bored as hell here

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[spell_check]

Lucky I didn't post on here straight away, cause I thought it would be reference to the Test just gone. Having said that, he'll be ready and firing for the Ashes, can't wait.

 

[crownie]

Lucky I didn't post on here straight away, cause I thought it would be reference to the Test just gone. Having said that, he'll be ready and firing for the Ashes, can't wait.

me to


he still beats the bat a lot and with most teams not having a main leggie hopefully he can go another 10

 

[Grimreepah]

Lucky I didn't post on here straight away, cause I thought it would be reference to the Test just gone.

I almost made the same mistake. I had my 96 Test wickets in a year speech all ready, and was just about to fly off the handle.

Luckily there were enough clues in Dipper's post to make me check the date.

 

[SorryIHammerChicken]

He was over here last season playing for Hampshire(& harrasing chicks on the phone)

Some things never change

 

[pluga_4]

DIPPER - To be honnest I dont think Shane will play after 2002 just a gut feeling. He's definately not the bowler he used to be. He's not wizzing the balls down as fast and spinning them as much as before. But luckily Australia's got McGill who I rate fairly highly!

absolute gold