yuppie wrote:If anything, the reason England are so poor is because of Anderson. His last 3 series away from home.
SA average 43, SR 101
india Average over 50 SR 55
and now in Australia where he has 8 wickets. SR 70. Can people not see why England can not win overseas? This is England best bowler.
As for Broad, he is the strike bowler? A SR of 100 in this series would suggest he aint doing his job. When your team is 2-0 one needs to look at the reasons why. 27 wickets out of a possible 40 is the reason. This Aussie line up is not full of batting stars. It has Marsh, Usam and Paine in it
If you look at the top series played away, Broad has the second best average in South African hosted games, 4th best in India, and 3rd best in Australia for pace bowlers from away teams. In terms of consistency, there isnt anyone in the top series playing cricket as well as Broad away from home in the last 5 years, so question all you want, relative to what others are achieving hes right up there.
As for Anderson, comparing his average of 24 on this tour to Australia put him right up there with what any other bowler has achieved in the last 5 years. Only Abbott and Rabada are maintaining performance of a similar nature in an isolated shorter tour. Anderson didnt do well in India, but who has from Aus? Starc's last test tour there is nearly identical in terms of wicket average. Mitchell Johnson did well in South Africa, but his back up bowlers didnt (Harris at mid 30s, Siddle in the 50s).
You cant say players are wrecking tours, when no one is really playing well away from home.
Averaging 24 in a tough away series and being blamed for being the reason your team isnt winning is literally verging on insanity, Yuppie.
As I said before, its England's 2nd change and spinner that are the reason England are being beaten, in terms of bowling, on this tour.