Jimmy Anderson: Imminent revival or terminal decline?

[FBU]

England have not been able to bowl dry to create any pressure. A plan to go after Swann worked and he's gone home. Finn was dropped in 2010 because he was too expensive. We only created pressure in the 1st innings at Melbourne. Field placings not helping either. Dropped catches. Broad got most of his wickets at Brisbane bouncing out players and going for runs. England didn't just bowl as a unit. Anderson bowling more as a stock bowler and trying to cut down runs and having only 2 slips when most of his wickets have been caught keeper/slips.

Econ Rates 10/11 - 2013
Broad 2.30 - 3.56
Bresnan 2.60 -3.29
Anderson 2.93 - 3.24
Swann 2.72 - 3.94
Finn 4.30 - Stokes 3.80

 

[wiff]

They should ditch the dud now.

A bit harsh on Hooksey, he's just trying to say that 90% of statistics are good 50% of the time.

 

[Tangles]

Doesn't understand their context though.

 

[wiff]

Doesn't understand their context though.

Maybe you're not getting my context?

 

[Furball]

60% of the time, it works every time.

 

[Mark68]

Anderson has or should have another highly productive couple of years in Test cricket. I predict a bumper summer for him in England. He needs a rest at least.

 

[CWB304]

I'm a fan and hope he's something left in the tank but wouldn't bet the farm on it. It's not gun speeds (which are pretty much the same as ever), it's the fact that he's generally been looking so innocuous - even with the new ball - during this dry spell. In fact his decline began the very next match after the conventional wisdom poll parrots on here seized upon something Boycott said early in the home Ashes series to support their non-evidence-based 'gut' opinion that Jimmy is as good as, or better than Steyn. I pointed out that not only the stats but even watching them in operation should be enough to convince all but the most diehard nuthugger of the Burnley swing merchant that Jimmy and Steyn weren't even in the same ballpark. But, for want of a convincing rebuttal, the usual suspects on this site retorted with their customary boo hiss straw man ad hominem rejoinders. The cricketing gods don't take kindly to such disrespect: from that time on Jimmy's been bowling like a halfhearted Sreesanth impersonator, while Steyn and Philander have continued to bowl like, well, Steyn and Philander.