Jason Krejza -An honest appraisal

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Jason Krejza -An honest appraisal

I thought I'd start this to get some of your views on whether or not Krejza is the real deal.

Now, I'm not an Aussie and although I look at the scorecards for the 1st class games now and then, I'll be honest and say that I'm not overly familiar with Australian cricket, outside of the test team/fringes, so I'm looking for your input on this one.

To me Krejza has seemingly come out of nowhere to make his test début. The guy has only played 25 first class games, and when combined with an average of 45+, those stats hardly scream 'test player'. He also goes for a shade under 4 an over, which again isn't the best, but passable for a spinner.

Moving on to his test début and by all accounts he bowled well, isn't afraid to flight the ball and attack. He also seems to have a good temperament and wasn't overly deflated when the Indian batsman attacked him. Taking 8 wickets in an innings is great and 12 overall is a really good start.

On the other hand, wickets aside he was expensive, leaking 358 runs at a touch under 5 per over. Some would argue that when you bear in mind the runs he gave away, it doesn't really matter how many wickets he took as the other team will still score big. What happens when he's leaking runs but not taking wickets?

With all of the above in mind, is he the future of Aussie spin bowling or a temporary measure? Your thoughts please.
 
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I think differently. It doesn't really matter how many runs he went for, as we needed wickets at all costs.

He was a surprise selection for me too. He used to play for NSW IIRC and I dont think he played too well. I haven't heard much of him doing anything outstanding in Tasmania.
 
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Well I like him and hope he does well. I think we have to remember that he was bowling a lot of the time to Sehwag and Tendulkar, two of the best players of spin currently. Even when they were going after him he still gave the ball air, and it paid off. Sure he went for a few but he kept at it.

And can I just say how good it is too finally see an attacking spinner in world cricket. I would say very few spinners actually give the ball actual flight anymore, given the amount of limited overs cricket. So I say good on him, and I hope you prove to be something more than a stop gap replacement
 
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I don't think he'll be a star. I think he might fade away after this. Stick with him for the matches against NZ, but I don't think he'll end up our best option in the long run. Hadn't heard of him much at all before, I though Casson, Bailey and Hauritz would all get spots ahead of him. Some of his wickets have been great, but it might just be the pitch playing a big role. I think he may struggle at home.

TBH, I'm not a big fan. Going at 6 an over in a test match is just not on. It doesn't help the bowlers at the other end when they're scoring big against they guy who's bowling most of the overs for the whole team.

McGain ftw!
 
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This would have been a very impressive debut had he not given away almost half the runs India scored. He just missed the record for conceding the most runs in a match by 17. To his credit though he got most of those wickets with good balls and not just because the batsmen were playing too aggressively and 8 of the 12 wickets were top order batsmen.
 
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Wickets, wickets, wickets.

Exactly what Australia needed.

However the amount of runs conceded did indeed hurt.

Wont judge him until he gets a decent run in the Australian Test side.
 
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Krejza has been pretty solid throughout his career. Jason is originally from New South Wales but moved to Tasmania in 2006-2007 due to a lack of opportunity with Stuart MacGill, Beau Casson and Nathan Hauritz being preferred across the two formats.

Since then he's been okay for Tasmania, playing mostly in the Pura Cup (now Sheffield Shield) and the occasional Ford Ranger Cup game. Krejza has proved himself to be a decent one-day bowler with an average of a little over 31.5. Krejza is also a very handy batsman, averaging in the low 20's in both forms of the game with four first-class 50's and one List A 50.

His debut is what Australia needed. A recognised spinner who was prepared to attack (like Warne) but also take wickets. And wickets were what Australia needed even though he proved to be a little expensive. However, let's not forget that India are the best players of spin in the world and Krejza performed pretty well despite being thrown to the sharks in his first game. He was sole reason why Australia were still in the game halfway through the test and despite the Indians taking a liking to him he was still prepared to attack in order to take wickets.

With his sudden emergence in the fourth test he has mostly certainly put himself on the radar for the future with no-one back home really doing anything of significance. Beau Casson was okay in the West Indies but the selectors dropped him without even a second thought. McGain is injured long-term and being 36 really won't help his causes of making his debut. Dan Cullen from South Australia has gone severely backwards, last season was shocking by his standards, averaging something like 51 with the ball. Cullen Bailey was even worse, struggling badly to take I think one wicket all summer from about three games (averaging 250-odd). We've all seen that Cameron White isn't a test bowler, in fact he's not really a bowler at all, more a batsman who can roll the arm over.

Then there's Xavier Doherty from Tasmania and Aaron Heal from Western Australia. Both those guys are decent bowlers but are really only suited to the one-day game. Heal has proven himself to be a very good Twenty20 bowler, his KFC Big Bash tournament was excellent for the Warriors and his effort in the final of 2/24 from four overs in the final was brilliant considering the other bowlers gave away 165 from the other 16 overs. Doherty also bowled well in the Ford Ranger Cup final, taking something like 4/11 (something similar to that) in Tassie's win.

Krejza will almost certainly play against New Zealand and also South Africa. I can't see anyone else getting a game in front of him as none of the other spinners have done much so far this season. With the NZ batting line-up struggling, there is the potential for Krejza to snag a couple more bags of wickets against the Kiwis before coming up against the Proteas in the new year. If he can keep the runs down and take regular wickets there's no reason why he can't cement a spot in the side and become a very serviceable player for Australia.
 
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the more experience that spinners get at test level, the better they will get. Krejza is a very good player. To take 12 wickets in your first ever test is amazing. You have to remember that Shane Warne (the greatest player i have ever seen) took 1/150 in his first test.
 
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If you think about it, Stuart Macgill was a very similar bowler. He used to take plenty of wickets, however he would also go for a lot of runs. He was a successful leg spinner because he took wickets, i'm sure krejza can be worked on within the next couple of years to bowl variations of spin, i.e, quicker balls, etc, and he will eventually become a good genuine spin bowler
:)
 
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Krejza is good, he got the wickets but he did get smashed a bit but still a lot of batsmen try to attack spin bowlers more then pace, and Krejza isn't afraid of that like other spin bowlers. I think he will be a great addition for the Australian side.
 
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After taking 12 wickets in his debut test match, Jason Krejza has shown his ability to be the next Shane Warne for Australia.

He is really an impressive bowler.
 
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Hitterman;280578 said:
After taking 12 wickets in his debut test match, Jason Krejza has shown his ability to be the next Shane Warne for Australia.
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You might be jumping the gun slightly with that Hitterman

I am a bit unsure of him. Geeze it has been years since I have seen an off spinner come out of Australia that not only turned the ball but also got some series bounce. He produces a lot of top spin which I think is great but he also turns it a far whack, just look at his first wicket to get Dravid. Spin, bounce, speed.

BUt to concede so many runs is a little worrying and coming back to Australia where only really Sydney is a bowler friendly spinning track is a worry. It could go two ways, either he is going to be thumped and sent off into the oblivion by New Zealand and Sth Africa's batting line up. Or he will send down more spinning, bouncing balls and continue his awesome start to his international cricket.

Jury out I say.
 
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Well its better to be getting wickets, then not getting any at all.

As most have said- he's still only learning his craft- give him time to watch guys like Vettori and Singh, and we'll see what he can do in a few years- he does have time on his side.

I'd persist with him for this summer even if he does get tonked, as you can't develop if you're not playing.

Hope he does go well though! ;)
 
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Thenextbigbird123;280462 said:
If you think about it, Stuart Macgill was a very similar bowler. He used to take plenty of wickets, however he would also go for a lot of runs.
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They both seem to bowl 5 good balls in an over but also drop in that 1 ordinary delivery which of course can be costly.
 
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schwab2clarkson;280809 said:
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Grandstand: Not a dream come true: Krejza
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Where does he is say that he shouldn't be playing for Australia? All he mentions is that "I can't say it's a dream come true, because I never would have dreamt that before, it's incredible, no words can explain it,".

I think it's a pretty typical sound bite, nothing more, nothing less. Of course he dreamt that he would one day play for them but I guess he was realistic in that he knew he needed to cement his place in the state side before turning his attentions elsewhere.
 
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