Time for Oram to stop bowling
With Jacob Oram sustaining yet another injury, there's no better time to bring up that old debate about whether he should stop bowling
George Binoy
25-Feb-2013
With Jacob Oram sustaining yet another injury, there's no better time to bring up that old debate about whether he should stop bowling. He should, writes Mark Richardson in the Herald on Sunday.
He likes to take a full part and his value in the Indian Premier League is also tied to his skill as an allrounder. However, if he continues to go the way he is, his desire to be an allrounder will diminish his all-round skills, as he takes far from a full part in games. He has retired from Test cricket to reduce his workload so he can play as an allrounder in the short forms but here he is - injured again.
Scott Styris might be difficult but there is no questioning his ability. He is also 34, not 104. Play the best and manage them. After all, isn't that what has been done with Jesse Ryder? Styris demonstrated again last night he is, indeed, among New Zealand's best and surely that has to be respected with selection, writes Paul Lewis in the Herald on Sunday.
George Binoy is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo