Arthur Crabtree wrote:You do get lower order batters backing away though, to real pace. Remember Mitchwash, the lower order folded every time. Given an old ball and a good pitch they can hold out.
Arthur Crabtree wrote:England have three batters under ten. Poor old Monty. Finn, who can block. And Anderson, who isn't terrible, but around the time he stopped being nightwatcher gave me the impression he'd decided to give up on batting.
Arthur Crabtree wrote:No he was a useful tail ender. I don't get the impression he's been rattled like Broad. My impression is in a period of frequent collapses he bridled at keeping the side competitive with the ball and then having to try and add runs when the specialists had given way with the bat. But that's just a guess. Now I'd say he's a proper number 11.
bigfluffylemon wrote:Ah yes, the TB innings was 2014, not 2013.
I think there's a clear difference between first half of his career and second. But England's batting was pretty strong in the years 2010-2013, when the backbone of the side was Cook, Strauss, Trott, KP, Bell, Prior. It only nosedived during and in the wake of the Ashes debacle. My point was I'm not sure there's been a clear recent drop-off since England's batting became so unreliable again. But as I said, tailender stats are hard to interpret in amongst the noise.
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