straw man
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Anderson gets injured a lot, so we'll probably see more of Neesham by default.
I also loved the self belief evident in Neesham's big knocks to date, the hundreds he scored (one on debut) and the 80 in the last match. You can't fake that self belief. That said, Neesham's drives and slashing swats outside off look suspect and he was lost in the UAE, though Anderson was only marginally better.
Think Neesham would struggle unfurling those long limbs against real pace, while I'd love to see Anderson use pure forearm power to flick Johnson's short ball into the mid wicket stands. Pity Johnson would have him after a few balls in the channel or a little further outside off.
Since they both bat at six it's acceptable right now that the bowling is a work in progress. I'm not sure why everyone talks up Anderson's bowling (even to a moderate degree). Medium pace, some spells very inaccurate, doesn't swing it like Watson, looks like a tank like Doug Bracewell but injuries mean don't want to give him too many overs. Not a lot of room for improvement. Neesham's accuracy is obviously pretty poor a lot of the time but I'm banking on him improving that. Ultimately though both should be able to 'do a job' and bowl ten accurate overs per day as fifth bowler.
Would love to see them both continue in the side, but I don't know how.
I also loved the self belief evident in Neesham's big knocks to date, the hundreds he scored (one on debut) and the 80 in the last match. You can't fake that self belief. That said, Neesham's drives and slashing swats outside off look suspect and he was lost in the UAE, though Anderson was only marginally better.
Think Neesham would struggle unfurling those long limbs against real pace, while I'd love to see Anderson use pure forearm power to flick Johnson's short ball into the mid wicket stands. Pity Johnson would have him after a few balls in the channel or a little further outside off.
Since they both bat at six it's acceptable right now that the bowling is a work in progress. I'm not sure why everyone talks up Anderson's bowling (even to a moderate degree). Medium pace, some spells very inaccurate, doesn't swing it like Watson, looks like a tank like Doug Bracewell but injuries mean don't want to give him too many overs. Not a lot of room for improvement. Neesham's accuracy is obviously pretty poor a lot of the time but I'm banking on him improving that. Ultimately though both should be able to 'do a job' and bowl ten accurate overs per day as fifth bowler.
Would love to see them both continue in the side, but I don't know how.