greyblazer wrote:I remember those BBC 606 days after the Ashes 2006-07 when I used to defend Anderson day in and day out and kept telling that he would one day become world-class. However, even I never thought he would take 450 odd Test wickets and now scaling to the summit of Test rankings. Well done sir!
Yes indeed. Many people could never forgive him for that tour, but anyone who watched more than the scorecards in the morning would have appreciate (and I remember discussing this at the time a lot with you, GB) that Anderson was being forced to bowl well under full fitness.
So he got taken apart in 06-07, but he could barely run up! He should have never been there.