Bovineline scuttles Roy's Test career
The incident where Andrew Symonds labelled Brendam McCullum a lump of bull dust (now known as Bovineline) has effectively killed off his Test career as Roy has been dumped from the South African tour. Set aside all the alcoholism and off-field behaviour for a moment. Is this a good thing?
Frankly, yes. A more valid reason to dump Andrew Symonds is because he can neither bat nor bowl at Test level. If Australia were dominating games with Warnie and Pigeon rolling the opposition batsmen, then Roy would be perfect. When you're mounting a huge first innings lead and you need a #6 batsman to come out and smash a run-a-ball fifty to demoralise the opposition before declaring half an hour before stumps, well, Roy is your man.
But if your bowlers struggle to take 20 wickets, your top order is shaky and your middle order even shakier, you need someone more reliable than a one-day slogger. You need a tough-as-nails character like AB who valued his wicket more than his first born. Roy values a six-pack of XXXX more than he values his wicket at the moment.
And did I mention he's a crap bowler?
P.S. - it's a lot of fun coming up with names for all the cricket scandals such as Braddyline, Bollyline, Shoddyline, etc. Looking forward to the next scandal...
| Posted by JC on Thu 5 Feb |  20 comments |
Posted by nigelah on 2009-02-05 11:07:28
Btw, the Haddin scandal is now known as 'Hand of Dog'
Posted by Moses on 2009-02-05 11:38:40
It was the coming of age of Roy the test bastmen. Unfortunately it was followed by the coming of age of Roy the beer swilling, gone fishing, loudmouthed primadonna.
p.s. His bowling was never up to scratch, but geez, it can't be worse than McDonald. If the definition of a Test allrounder is someone who is not good enough to be a test batsmen and not good enough to be a test bowler - then the Ranga fits the bill perfectly!
Posted by hewy on 2009-02-05 13:07:00
It's a bit different to Matt Hayden. I always felt Haydos had it in him to perform much better than he was in recent years but was too stubborn and/or proud to change his batting approach. But with Andrew Symonds, he doesn't even have it in him. One day cricket, absolutely. Twenty20, bring it on. But high pressure Test cricket - he lacks the chops.
Posted by JC on 2009-02-05 13:10:07
Posted by JC on 2009-02-05 13:12:09
Posted by JC on 2009-02-05 14:01:22
Here's a timeline of his mis-demeaners, and to me there's nothing in there that deserves suspension...
Posted by Moses on 2009-02-05 15:58:00
I actually quite like the soccer reference with Hand of Dog
Posted by Moses on 2009-02-05 16:17:19
He looked really good in both innings in Perth before being out thought by Smith (as a lot of the top order was). He should never have played in Melbourne with his injury.
Saying all that - I agree that he definately shouldn't go to SA - he's in a strange place at the moment. Punter can barely run the dressing room as it is, so he doesn't need more destabilising influences at the moment.
Posted by HEWY on 2009-02-05 16:44:53
send flowers
Posted by rajkumar321 on 2009-02-05 17:01:13
Posted by JC on 2009-02-05 20:16:51
Diego Maradona literally punched the ball into the net for the win - The 'Hand of God'.
(Maradona claimed it was God's hand that punched it in!!).
Don't forget this came after the Falklands war so it was a real grudge match
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_of_God_goal
Loved the 'Hand of Dog' comment.
Fact: Haddin has let through 135 byes in 12 tests. Maybe he should spend more time catching the ball and less time punching the stumps.
Posted by HEWY on 2009-02-06 11:18:43
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