A Bowling Lineup For Damage Control

[Flem274*]

I think they're arguably the best choices if we're restricted to picking non-ATGs but a swing bowler and a loose leggie would be far from optimal for containing runs. Anderson would get milked and MacGill would be a pressure release valve.

Anderson doesn't really get smoked that often if things aren't happening for him, he just doesn't get poles. His economy stays quite tidy and he builds pressure for the other end.

Unfortunately he's the best version of himself and the lesser versions of himself are often at the other end contributing to England's slow death in these games. If he had a Dale Steyn, Ryan Harris or the like through his career to be friends with then England would have been ****ing scary.

 

[Moss]

Shoaib Akhtar - risky pick but when on song the pitch didn't matter
Darren Gough - adapted very well in the subcontient during the 2000/01 tours
Jason Gillespie - Great foil to McGrath during his two tours to India, executed the bowl dry plans very well
Tony Grieg - Only watched footage, but apparently had a 13 wicket haul in the Caribbean after switching to offspin?
Abdul Qadir - Brings in the X factor

 

[Jfry]

To pick players that nobody has looked at yet:

Sonny Ramadhin
Hanse Cronje
Neil Adcock
Asif Iqbal

Assuming Statham is considered an ATG?

 

[Gob]

OP is little confusing. We pick non ATG attack for a flat wicket? OK

Mathew Hoggard
Ryan Harris
Shoaib Akthar
Greame Swann
Shakibull

 

[WICFan]

B. Hilfenhaus
A. Fraser
P. Reiffel
S. Ajmal
C. Hooper

 

[Himannv]

Vaas
Harris
Bumrah
Jadeja
Watson

Malinga wouldn't be too bad either in place of one of those quicks. The pitch doesn't really have a whole lot to do with the threat he brings.

 

[thierry henry]

Defensive and parsimonious bowling in a hopeless situation? Very Dan Vettori imo

 

[wellAlbidarned]

this is a weird thread, like wouldn't your standard ATGs still be the best option on a flat wicket? ODI style misers will just get milked at 4s anyway

 

[JBMAC]

Here's your "spin in" Ryan Harris, Andy Bichel, Brian Statham and Headley Verity