To be fair, Ian edited his original post later and most of us were responding to that, not what's there now. This was his original post:
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Interesting observation of the fast bowlers - comparing them to anderson, roach, broad, bresnan, steyn, cummings, hilfenhaus, philander, malinga, gul, etc, etc, etc
Thoughts?
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I don't see Jurgensen actually mentioning those names but clearly see how his comments
as reported can be interpreted the way Ian has interpreted them. Fact is, our fast bowlers have a long way to go when it comes to
fast bowling in international cricket, and "just pace" is but
one aspect of fast bowling at the highest level. Jurgensen's
reported comment is at best a massive stretch. According to the report, he didn't say "at par with other players of the world as far as
pace is concerned" but "as far as
fast bowling is concerned". "Fast bowling" isn't just "bowling fast". Cherry picking seems to be happening both ways.
Then again, the reporter could be taking liberties here creating the ambiguity.