Pakistans bowling attack is pretty good. Id say its probably the 3rd best attack behind South Africas and Indias. Australias probably only betters Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, New Zealand and probably Sri Lanka (ive hardly watched them in the last few years).
To break Australias attack down you have Johnson, who is consistantly the worst bowler we have. YES he does get wickets, BUT so does any bowler who bowls. I mean the wickets have to go to someone...its not hard to pick 1 or 2 up. You have Bollinger who is ok, but very much overated by the public. Then theres Watson, whose decent as a 4th quick option and thats it. While Smith would be the worst spinner going round for any country, and thats not a dig at him but I dont see a worse potion than him in test cricket. Then theres Hilfenhaus, the best quick we have, but yet the guy who seems most likely to get dropped - go figure.
A real question has to be in our batting. How many times in the past 18 months have we been dead skittled or had ridiculous collapses? Im not going to go back and count but it happened at least 2 times in the ashes that i remember off the top of my head where we were skittled for nothing. We also posted nothing scores at home a few times. How many chances can Marcus North get? Hussey and Clarke are decent players, and some of the best we have, but if this was anywhere in the past NEITHER would even get a look in. Pontings good, not getting runs, but I still wouldnt drop him. Maybe he has to slide down the order to have a better look, but hes too good of a player not to be in there. Katich is our best bat, while Watson has to proove himself overseas to be a test opener, just like a lot of our middle order has to proove themself in tough situations - and they have had plenty of chances to do that the last few years.
