ODI Series in England 6th ODI

Yes the talk today is about 6th ODI in England (vs India). I still can't comprehend how England made 310?, thank God they did not hit all sixes in the last over, would have been an embarrassment to the cricketer's bowling career (Yuvraj).

Just wondering what makes a good bowler. I can't help but think about how Michael Clarke and Symonds would have handled the situation, pls note that I'm not talking into consideration Mcgrath or Tait as it is not fair to compare them to Yuvraj Singh (as a bowler). Clarke or Symonds would have never gone for more than 12 runs in the last over, I'm pretty sure. Both are shrewd enough to vary their pace sufficiently. So what it takes to be a very good ODI bowler?.

I've been closely following Nathen Bracken and Brad Hogg lately. Bracken toured India in 2003 and proved handful with his medium pace (He bowls round about 120s most of the time and sometimes 110s for ppl who believe pace is a must and Irfan Pathan gets the treatment only because of his medium pace). The latter was a pretty much 5th bowler till this World Cup. To watch these 2 in World Cup was a real treat!. The former was lethally accurate and varied his pace and pitch of the delivery beyond any one could comprehend. The latter who was pretty much one dimensional since his career began showed beautiful variations in spin, pace and bounce that even batsmen of Flintoff's calibre struggled to read him. From a fifth bowler he became an unsung hero for Australia. He took 20 wickets in WC (too much for a fifth bowler, pretty much same as Muralitharan at a better average) .

Coming back to Yuvraj's bowling, I think Ajit Agarkar himself would have bowled better in these conditions. Dravid's ODI bowling rotation has been pathetic. But atleast they won the match. Good temperament from Uthappa handed us the match!