Harmison v Johnson

Who would you want bowling if they had to take a wicket in one over to save your life?


Perverted question, I know.....

I think I would shake hands with the oppo and say well done!

Could I have the Edgbaston 2005 version of Harmy?

Jontyh wrote:Could I have the Edgbaston 2005 version of Harmy?

In that case I'll take the Perth 2008 version of Johnson.

Hass wrote:

Jontyh wrote:Could I have the Edgbaston 2005 version of Harmy?

In that case I'll take the Perth 2008 version of Johnson.

Only the first innings model ...

Harmi, though at the moment it's a bit like asking "Who would you want batting if they had to make a century in one session, Phil Tufnel or Chris Martin?".

TBH honest, I still think Midge is suffering from the overbowling Ponting gave him SA 2 years back.

He talks a good game, but I wonder if he's got the stomach for a fight.

Evidently not.

I'd take Harmi in England. Specifically within 50 miles of Durham. Otherwise, if the delivery had to be bowled, I'd take Midge, mainly because Harmi's homesickness might see the delivery not happen.

Basil wrote:He talks a good game, but I wonder if he's got the stomach for a fight.

Which one are you talking about...?

Well Harmi used to talk a pretty sh!t game.

"I'll consult the bowling coach to see if it's a good idea for me to take a dump. I'm gonna need his help pulling my pants down, like."

No, that would be the boweling coach's job.

Dello wrote:

Basil wrote:He talks a good game, but I wonder if he's got the stomach for a fight.

Which one are you talking about...?

Mitch - in response to Taipan's post.

If Bolly or Rhino fire then Midge could have his file mark NTPFAA any time soon. I honestly hope we don't see him stinkin' up the joint again this series. He's really done nothing since SAf 08-09.

skully wrote:If Bolly or Rhino fire then Midge could have his file mark NTPFAA any time soon. I honestly hope we don't see him stinkin' up the joint again this series. He's really done nothing since SAf 08-09.

Point I made earlier. Ponting bowled him into the ground

His crap period also coincides with his ridiculous tatoo.

He can't only not have a tattoo for one series.

Upon reflection on their whole careers?

Johnson.

Harmison was/is a homesick salty flog ... increasingly irrelevant, most likely forgotten within the next 10 years.

Nobody will ever forget his (Harmi's) opening ball of the 2006-07 Ashes - a wide to 2nd slip.

It was the worst possible start that, in retrospect, summed England's whole 0-5 campaign that Aussie summer.

lardbucket wrote:Upon reflection on their whole careers?

Johnson.

Harmison was/is a homesick salty flog ... increasingly irrelevant, most likely forgotten within the next 10 years.

Harmi played a big part in the events of 2005 and the lead up to that pinnacle of English cricket, so deserves to be remembered, even if his career tailed off after that. Both could lose their radar for extended periods, but Mitch had more durability, and deserves massive credit for picking himself up off the canvas and producing great things again. And for inspiring a song that will serenade every wayward Aussie bowler until the end of time...

Just as I posted that Harmison appeared on screen, as part of a tribute montage to Beefy’s commentary...