alfie wrote:Except CC wickets won't really prove much (no disrespect intended , but still). He was taking wickets for fun early season before his minor injury.
I think England would do well to take him to India. May not take a bunch of wickets - almost certainly won't if the pitches are as expected ! But his ability to keep one end tight could be invaluable ; especially as England's spinners are likely to be less economical than their opposite numbers - and the faster bowlers (Wood , perhaps Tongue ) also offer more in the line of potential bursts than solid dry spells.
Next summer is a long way off.
sussexpob wrote:By the end, as we all know, Flower had Finn bowling at cardboard cut outs of fake batters in the nets on the disaster tour of Australia in 2013. Relegated to cricketing equivalent of detention. Deemed unworthy of facing a batter. He was 23.... his test average was under 30 at that point. Yet his coach was treating him like a talentless failure - he never recovered his confidence. As a personality, he was at odds with the macho team fabric of the time. Marginalised and left to rot.
sussexpob wrote:Technically too, Flower messed him around. England wanted him to bowl fast, but when he did and went for runs, they complained they wanted him to be like Glenn McGrath and be accurate..... and so, he could never win.
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