Interesting and your ideal bowling attack looks good.......but no spinner? I'm a batsmen and for me though the issue is we don't get enough runs to control games which is what you need at international levelYes, well injuries are certainly not uncommon with England's bowlers. I've pointed out before that England have never been able to field Anderson, Archer, Broad, and Wood in the same Test, which given how potent they could have been as an attack is a great pity. Imagine those four with Stokes added to the mix?
You can see from the three selections in the Caribbean that they were clearly happy playing a settled 1-8 (9 if you include Leach) but that the bowling attack remains unsettled. One could obviously argue that Anderson and Broad would settle that issue, but that's only postponing the inevitable and the question will still need to be addressed. For me, it remains England's nagging problem, but the inevitable batting collapses mean it is understandably regarded as a secondary issue.
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I agree. If he's our best then the cupboard is pretty bare, although to be honest he was badly treated by hardly ever being picked last yearYep bullshit from him! He ain’t a thinking bowler he is a robot.
Yep and Root will turn up at our first summer test match as our captain only thing will change is we will have Anderson Broad and the sick note bowlers back in the frame.
If we pick Leach am going to lose my shit! He ain’t march winner wickets taker even the opposing teams wants a leach to play for us.
It’s a joke.
Is there relegation :-)
Yep and Root will turn up at our first summer test match as our captain only thing will change is we will have Anderson Broad and the sick note bowlers back in the frame.
If we pick Leach am going to lose my shit! He ain’t march winner wickets taker even the opposing teams wants a leach to play for us.
It’s a joke.
I would always include at least one spinner, but the point I was making was that those five bowers have never taken the field together in the post-Swann era, one where England ostensibly shunned spin.Interesting and your ideal bowling attack looks good.......but no spinner? I'm a batsmen and for me though the issue is we don't get enough runs to control games which is what you need at international level
Agreed. I think one aim of the reset was to find a more balanced side and that meant including a spinner. However, I think that will be one of the first casualties and they''ll revert to type against New Zealand. They might bring Leach back for the Indian Test, which is pretty much a dead rubber, but then play seamers against the South Africans. When they pitch up in Pakistan in October, however, they still won't have a spinner ready, and it was Lyon's spin that won Australia the recent series there.i don't see england picking a spinner for the early test and will go with 4 seam up bowlers
We are not that far down the line yet,Although we have picked his best mate on LeesHow about if Root picks his brother?
;-)
i don't see england picking a spinner for the early test and will go with 4 seam up bowlers