Fleming was one of the most underrated bowlers I ever saw. If not for injury, could have gone on to much bigger and better things.I feel that Fleming seems to be one of the forgotten bowlers in Australian cricket. I reckon he could have easily played a lot more test matches than he did and he was a very handy member of the Aussie team when he did represent the country.
Just a little note to ensure Flemo that he isn't forgotten.
Not quite. Glenn played his first Test in Perth against NZ in the 1993/94 season, Flem played his first Test in Pakistan the following winter.
Probably still the best offie in the country.
He still had the ability to bowl as part of a unit though, and not leak runs and build pressure, when there wasn't any swing to be had.
Oh, certainly.
lol ... and reading out 1000s of viewer txt msgs and trying to come up with new names for the corridor of uncertainty and suggesting M. Clarke is a graceful batsman and referring to himself as a bowlologist... 'Twas a fine cricketer though.
Thought that might be true hactually; guess I meant "became an established Test bowler" before McGrath. Fleming came in and pretty much did well from the outset; McGrath had, what, 10 or so Tests where he was very poor indeed. As I remember, his Test career basically started in earnest with the WACA Test in 1994\95.
That's probably more accurate than what I said. When there wasn't much swing, he didn't run through sides (later in his career, he probably did a bit more, though) but yeah, as I said, very rarely collared.
Poor in terms of wickets but aside from the 'Gabba Test against England in 1994/95, his RPO was decent. The perception in the early days was that he was accurate and could bring the ball back in nicely so would be economical but little else. That changed when he developed that awesome leg-cutter and when he started to swing the ball away, became truly devastating because;
It looked painful, though!
