Yep. When you consider that most still need one strike bowler, trying to find two, plus a spinner will become increasingly difficult. The only way out of it imo is using Gilly at 6 with Nofke at 7 and going with a long tail to make up for quality.
My next 2 picks will be bowlers. I have a spinner lined up who I believe will be a gun. And Noffke has the ability to take plenty. I'll be much better off than a lot of you think. Too much importance is being placed on bowling, IMO.
Wine man added. Line up: 1. 2. M Hayden 3. R Ponting (c) 4. K Pieterson 5. B Lara 6. 7. A Gilchrist 8. A Noffke (3) 9. 10. 11. S MacGill
Ponting: FC <table class="engineTable"><tbody><tr class="data1"><td>20118</td> <td class="padAst">@ </td> <td>58.31</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table>Tests <table class="engineTable"><tbody><tr class="data1"><td>11271</td> <td class="padAst">@ </td> <td>56.07</td></tr></tbody></table>
Hayden: Tests <table class="engineTable"><tbody><tr class="data1"><td>8625</td> <td class="padAst">@ </td> <td>50.73 </td></tr></tbody></table>FC <table class="engineTable"><tbody><tr class="data1"><td>24603</td> <td class="padAst">@ </td> <td>52.57</td></tr></tbody></table>
1. 2. M Hayden (52.57) 3. R Ponting (c) (58.31) 4. K Pieterson (50.81) 5. B Lara (51.88) 6. 7. A Gilchrist (44.16) 8. A Noffke (3) (Bat26.77,Ball 28.58) 9. 10. 11. S MacGill (30.49) That is the FC averages....But Lara and Gilly have better test averages.
