Morne Morkel!

Fantastic young fast bowler! Has all the ingredients to be a great .

So did Steve Harmison.

Yeah - Morkel reminds me so much of a young Steve Harmison it's unreal. I'm not sure if you were trying to say that though. He actually even managed to bowl some ugly Harmison filth yesterday as well.

Anyway, he'll be a handful on bouncy pitches. Probably the biggest threat to the Aussies later on in the year. If it doesn't swing a bit down under, Steyn and Ntini will get raped.

Dello wrote:So did Steve Harmison.

Very good comparison. There are shades of both Flintoff and Steve Harmison in this guy! Now if he stays fit he will terrorize batting lineups all over the world.

Augustus wrote:Yeah - Morkel reminds me so much of a young Steve Harmison it's unreal. I'm not sure if you were trying to say that though. He actually even managed to bowl some ugly Harmison filth yesterday as well.

Anyway, he'll be a handful on bouncy pitches. Probably the biggest threat to the Aussies later on in the year. If it doesn't swing a bit down under, Steyn and Ntini will get raped.

You are underestimating Steyn.

PlanetPakistan wrote:

Augustus wrote:Yeah - Morkel reminds me so much of a young Steve Harmison it's unreal. I'm not sure if you were trying to say that though. He actually even managed to bowl some ugly Harmison filth yesterday as well.

Anyway, he'll be a handful on bouncy pitches. Probably the biggest threat to the Aussies later on in the year. If it doesn't swing a bit down under, Steyn and Ntini will get raped.

You are underestimating Steyn.

Nah. He's junk.

Reminds me of a younger Brett Lee. = Crap.

Shut up a bit pearlj. You're embarrassing yourself again.

PearlJ wrote:

PlanetPakistan wrote:

Augustus wrote:Yeah - Morkel reminds me so much of a young Steve Harmison it's unreal. I'm not sure if you were trying to say that though. He actually even managed to bowl some ugly Harmison filth yesterday as well.

Anyway, he'll be a handful on bouncy pitches. Probably the biggest threat to the Aussies later on in the year. If it doesn't swing a bit down under, Steyn and Ntini will get raped.

You are underestimating Steyn.

Nah. He's junk.

Reminds me of a younger Brett Lee. = Crap.

No you just hate him because he is ugly.

Lara Lara Laughs wrote:Shut up a bit pearlj. You're embarrassing yourself again.

Will end the series with a 40+ average. Then the same against Australia.

I'm pretty sure that won't happen but if it did, it wouldn't mean he's crap. Far from it.

Lara Lara Laughs wrote:I'm pretty sure that won't happen but if it did, it wouldn't mean he's crap. Far from it.

Okay. UMB then. In bowler form.

UMB? Underage midget bully? You're thinking of Hayden.

Lara Lara Laughs wrote:UMB? Underage midget bully? You're thinking of Hayden.

UMB is Gambhir's nickname.

Useless Minnow Basher.

Steyn's got the stuff to be good. And as for Morkel, I was one of the first to say he has real potential to be one of the bowlers of his gen.

doremi wrote:Useless Minnow Basher.

Steyn's got the stuff to be good. And as for Morkel, I was one of the first to say he has real potential to be one of the bowlers of his gen.

I believe I said it first. But no-one heard me.

I believe I said it as Morkel was oozing out of his mother's womb. He just kept coming and coming and coming. I stood there and said: "Top fast bowler material".

Lara Lara Laughs wrote:I believe I said it as Morkel was oozing out of his mother's womb. He just kept coming and coming and coming. I stood there and said: "Top fast bowler material".

Well that's pretty much you in a nutshell.

Lara Lara Laughs wrote:I believe I said it as Morkel was oozing out of his mother's womb. He just kept coming and coming and coming. I stood there and said: "Top fast bowler material".

Phurt, I said it when he was being conceived (is that the right word?). Only Cullinan beat me to it, but then that's because he says these things about every South African ever born.

Does this mean Morkel will be a giant whinging sook who will run through the Windies at some point in his career?

doremi wrote:

Lara Lara Laughs wrote:I believe I said it as Morkel was oozing out of his mother's womb. He just kept coming and coming and coming. I stood there and said: "Top fast bowler material".

Phurt, I said it when he was being conceived (is that the right word?). Only Cullinan beat me to it, but then that's because he says these things about every South African ever born.

I foretold of it several centuries ago.

and hence a great plague will fall upon the Earth, men like toads will spring forth and multiply and a great pox will fall upon the orient. I do but make bold to predict (not that I guarantee the slightest thing at all), thanks to my researches and the consideration of what judicial Astrology promises me and sometimes gives me to know, principally in the form of warnings, so that folk may know that with which the celestial stars do threaten them. Out of Africa two great Morkel's will emerge, long of limb and stout of character. The younger shall be a force to be reckoned with, and I predict the Lord's above will witness a 4-wicket haul on debut

Book of Gary, Chapter 14 Verse 61

Nice. Except it's not his debut. You were well out.