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someblokecalleddave;355806 said:Breeno that's where you're wrong mate - Clarrie Grimmett the greatest ever wrist spinner didn't get going till about that age and he was discriminated against by the likes of Bradman simply because of his age whereas he was at his best. Wrist spinning doesn't take it out of the body in the same way as all the other disciplines and relies on experience, guile and self belief which all come with age.
someblokecalleddave;355806 said:Breeno that's where you're wrong mate - Clarrie Grimmett the greatest ever wrist spinner didn't get going till about that age and he was discriminated against by the likes of Bradman simply because of his age whereas he was at his best. Wrist spinning doesn't take it out of the body in the same way as all the other disciplines and relies on experience, guile and self belief which all come with age.
breeno;356016 said:Yes Dave, but we can't keep topping up this Australian team with 30+ year olds.
McGain would be lucky to get a year in the circuit, which leads us to this dilemma in just one year's time.
He is too old, and that is why he hasn't been given another look. He was given one chance, but ultimately, the selectors seem to agree with my philosophy, that they don't want to have the same problem again in such a short amount of time, we need stability for the team to prosper, so sadly throwing in 37 year old spinners isn't the answer.
distributer of pain;356033 said:unless his name is shane warne, your right though, IMO it was only public pressure that got him picked in the 1st place, it was never going to go anywhere, great leg spinners are great, average leg spinners are very ordinary, he may have done a reasonable job against state players, but cmon, this isnt state cricket, mcgain was to slow through the air to trouble frontline batsman, at that pace (without turning it heaps) an inch to full or an inch to short, well, you"ve all seen what happened, im not sure why this argument is still going TBH. it seams we had to have a leg spinner, no matter how good, bad or old he was, i think we were spoiled with warne, then when mcgill started taking wkts everyone thought we would allways have a leggie.