Kirsten says Bannies are peahearts

What a bunch of softc0cks Bannie bowlers are

"Gary Kirsten, India's coach, has expressed disappointment over how few Indian fast bowlers have added to the bare cupboard, or shown the promise to be given a long run. "In the last two years and seven months that I have been with the team, we have tried 15 or 16 seamers in one-day cricket," Kirsten said. "That's a lot of options. We need to settle on the few who can get through.

"It is a concern that the guys are not saying 'I am here now and now I am going to play international cricket for next five years'. A lot of them might argue that they haven't been given enough opportunities, but when you are trying to achieve results all the time, sometimes you get only limited opportunities and you have got to ensure that you show what you are capable of in that time."

Kirsten was speaking after India had a disappointing start to the Test series against Sri Lanka, conceding 256 for 2 in 68 overs on a rain-curtailed first day. Ishant Sharma, who has not had a great time after a promising start to his career, found himself leading the pace department in the absence of Zaheer Khan. He went for 79 runs in14 overs."

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Hard to argue really. After seeing Ishant Sharma tie Drunky in knots a couple of years back in Perth, I thought he was gonna be an Indian great.

"Indian great"

He's still probably top 5 Indian non spinner of all time (unless theres a couple of quicks pre 1978 who were any good) ....just bowling poop at the moment (see Mitchell Johnson)

True enough, A, which says a lot about Indian seamers.

I know during discussions about ATG XIs there was considerable ridicule expressed when I suggested Javagal Srinath was in the top 3 of Indian seamers, but the numbers don't lie.

Doesn't this say as much about talent identification & selection policy?

Can Fot actually coach?

The MRF Pace academy and the WACA arent really a production line of fast bowlers

and the guys he's anointed as fast bowling gods ...Dung and Mitch... can bowl quick ...but also bowl a lot of poop

I'd say the answer to that is a resounding "no" (as sacreligious as that may seem).