Sidebottom retires from England duty.

[four_or_six]

BBC Sport - Cricket - Ryan Sidebottom retires from England international duty

Will miss him in the T20s imo.

Incredible second coming he had. Bet he can't quite believe his luck.

 

[four_or_six]

C'mon guys... your favourite Sidey moments?

For me, will always remember his red-faced madman scream when Monty let a ball through for four off his bowling.

 

[Themer]

Boring and predictable but for me his hat trick against New Zealand.

For the whole series he was all over them and thoroughly deserved it.

 

[Noble One]

Always a shame when we lose an interesting character from the game. Sidey was a serviceable bowler, but always worth watching for his antics.

 

[marc71178]

C'mon guys... your favourite Sidey moments?

BBC Sport - Cricket - Ryan Sidebottom retires from England international duty for me

 

[_Ed_]

Sidey was a serviceable bowler

Better than that, IMO. There was a period (a brief one, admittedly) in which he was a very good bowler. Unfortunately for us, it coincided with the NZ tour.

But yes, a great character and seemed to be a nice bloke as well.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Was good to see an honest county pro able to make a go of things at the highest level, however briefly. He managed to add a couple of yards to become a threat in tests, but unfortunately the extra exertions seemed to do horrible things to his back.

Two statistical related quiddities:

1) He took 41/79 test wickets versus NZ despite playing only 6/22 tests against them. Must be one of the highest ratios in the modern era for bowlers who played more than a handful of tests

2) His retirement means England has still never had a left arm seam up bowler with 100 scalps.

 

[fredfertang]

He can retire safe in the knowledge he was a better cricketer than his Dad - which is more than I achieved

 

[tooextracool]

Cant say Im not more than a little bit surprised about this decision. Thought Sidebottom was still an invaluable part of our t20 outfit and I think when fit he was a useful ODI bowler as well.

Think his stock may have dropped a fair bit off late when people figured out his limitations as a bowler. However,his years of county expertise certainly saved our asses from serious embarassment in NZ when we were fielding quite possibly our worst team this past decade.