Why no mention of Clark there? I love Stuey, he's been a fantastic bowler for our country but in the game and a half he's played this series, besides one good innings he's been below par yet seems to always escape your scrutiny based on what he's done in the past.
You said it makes sense to judge a cricketer on current form (i agree) so lets do that. In the game and a half that Clark and Siddle have played together this series Siddle has figures of 10/134 off 40 overs at and average of 13.4.
Clarke on the other hand has bowled 5 overs less with figures of only 3/133 at an average of 44. You say Siddle was "lucky" that he got a bagfull of wickets. Does that make Clark unlucky he's only got in his last 3 in the same time Siddle has 10?
I'm sure some would say that Siddle cleaned up a few of the tail last game to enhance his figures but the main thing is he took them and Clark never. That said the 3 that Clark has taken (Cook, Collingwood and Broad) Siddle has also taken as well.
Siddle may very well bowl the odd loose ball but the fact is he's still taking more wickets at less runs than Clark yet he still gets bagged which to me makes f**k all sense. All this while his series average is 26.75 which is pretty good considering his test career is all of 5 mins old.
Like i said i love Stuey, my blood runs as blue as any New South Welshman and i certainly think he should be in the team, but if you want to judge cricketers on current form he shouldn't be immune to the criticism you dish out to other blokes and especially considering he isn't bowling as well as one of them.
