westoelad wrote:On spin-friendly tracks playing 3 spinners would hardly be revolutionary; the host country did so. My argument was hadParkinson been an original choice the outcomes may have been different. I was surprised at Bess inclusion. Speculative and personal opinion, of course.
I think the problem Parkinson may have in the future is, by all accounts he doesnt know what a bat is, let alone how to use one. And when you have Mahmood and Leach also in not too dissimilar circumstances, then it makes for a long tail. Bess at least can bat a bit, so he was probably preferrable with also an impressive FC record in this situation.
Gleeson was the inclusion for me that was most puzzling. Is the test team really going to pick someone over 30 with only 50 FC wickets? Seemed a wasted pitch!