Andy Flower wrote:This is going to test my coaching expertise. This is the worst case I've ever seen.
Arthur Crabtree wrote:Hope they do the latter.
Andy Flower wrote:This is going to test my coaching expertise. This is the worst case I've ever seen.
Slipstream wrote:Why do you think the spinners will be doing all the work? Last time 4 bowlers
Swann 114.5 overs
Broad 116.4 overs
Anderson 107.5 overs
Panesar 141.0 overs
Arthur Crabtree wrote:But they haven't got a Panesar this time. No one who will bowl 35 overs for 85 runs. Again, they will rely on their seamers to bowl these overs. Whereas their third seamer role ideally would be performed by a Monty style spinner, in my view.
alfie wrote:If Ansari recovers in time , it is of course possible to play three seamers and three spinners (not counting Root)
Unlikely , perhaps . But : Cook/ Ali /Bell /Root/ Bairstow or Taylor/ Stokes/ Buttler/ Ansari/Rashid /Broad /Anderson wouldn't be ridiculous as a lineup.
I think the problem last time was the batting above all else : it didn't matter who bowled they weren't going to win with the scores they were putting up. Certainly another spinner may have helped in game one ; and at the same time the lack of a third fast bowler probably cost them in the first innings in the third Test , where they might conceivably have had Pakistan out for fifty.
The all rounder situation this time gives a lot more flexibility. Whether the class is there to do the job is another question. But it will still come down to the ability - and temperament - of the batsmen. If they can bat long they are in the game...
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