No point picking a spinner for this Test imo, especially if you only have four bowlers.
Porter was very unlucky that for much of his career, Broad, Anderson and Woakes were pretty much home bankers. I think he did get close to a test squad once but had to pull out? As I said earlier I want Cook to play somewhere other than Lord’s so that the trumpet man plays Stand by Me!
I think it would be fair to assume that if Bashir had played for Somerset, he wouldn't now have 19 wickets at 28. He's not been helped by playing on some flat surfaces (something which has definitely not helped Carson's cause either), but there's just no way he should really be in the frame at all. Indian batsmen will kill him, I'm not sure Zimbabwean will necessarily get a look.
It is utterly preposterous that he is in the squad. If I recall, he didn't get a bowl in the victory against West Indies at Lord's last summer?
Yep bowled us to victory and took a 5fer in the 4th innings at Trent Bridge in the second test though. Since the second test against WI he's been crap.
| Mat | Inns | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 5 | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Next 10 Tests | 10 | 18 | 319.1 | 17 | 1252 | 25 | 4/66 | 5/151 | 50.08 | 3.92 | 76.6 | 0 | 0 |
| First 5 Tests | 5 | 7 | 205.2 | 20 | 716 | 24 | 5/41 | 8/198 | 29.83 | 3.48 | 51.3 | 3 | 0 |
I know that there is no way that they can pick Leach for Australia, as his lack of revs will get crucified down there, but surely he's a better pick for the India series?
If it's not Leach then he has to play red ball as he can at least offer something else that the other spinners can't. He can bat.
