Arthur Crabtree wrote:Rashid is an all rounder, and scarcely a front line spinner. He'll be useful in certain circumstances, but he won't definitely bowl his share of overs and will be expensive. Similar to Mo. Not sure if Cook's lack of faith in the spinner is part of the problem, or just that he is absolutely right to have no faith in them.
Arthur Crabtree wrote:Cook is the only England bat with an Old Trafford ton (two). Neither Anderson (17 from 5) or Broad (8 from 3) have great wicket taking records in Manchester, though their averages are fine. Anderson has no 5-fers, and Broad's few wickets includes one. Finn took six in his single match there, but it was versus Bangladesh in a heavy win.
Monty took 25 in 3, Swanny took 12 in 2.
People say OT isn't what it was, but given the figures, recent history suggests (including Harmi's success there) it looks like tall hit the pitch pace, and spin. Though we all remember the reverse swing in 05, and it should be dry this week.
hopeforthebest wrote:Arthur Crabtree wrote:Cook is the only England bat with an Old Trafford ton (two). Neither Anderson (17 from 5) or Broad (8 from 3) have great wicket taking records in Manchester, though their averages are fine. Anderson has no 5-fers, and Broad's few wickets includes one. Finn took six in his single match there, but it was versus Bangladesh in a heavy win.
Monty took 25 in 3, Swanny took 12 in 2.
People say OT isn't what it was, but given the figures, recent history suggests (including Harmi's success there) it looks like tall hit the pitch pace, and spin. Though we all remember the reverse swing in 05, and it should be dry this week.
Anderson's bowling average for his 23 wickets at OT is 28.7 almost identical to his career average and his S/R of 46.9 is much better than his career S/R of 56.7. In 2014 v India Broad took 6 wickets in the first innings then got injured batting, he's only played 3 tests at OT.
hopeforthebest wrote:Naming a squad of 14 for a home test is ver odd and is rather like washing your dirty washing in public as it clearly brings into focus the internal disagreement over selection for the last test. Cook seems to have wanted Anderson and Bayliss Anderson and Stokes whilst the selectors wanted Balance. They've solved the problem by choosing them all and throwing in Rashid for good measure.
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