Players who did well as understudy but never stepped up?

[Paranoid Kendroid]

Like after the retirements of Misbah and Younis, Asad Shafiq and to some extent, Azhar Ali, could not really step up as the next senior batters.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Steven Smith couldn’t match Shane Warne

 

[Ali TT]

Stuart MacGill the no-brainer answer.

In tests with Warne playing, he averaged 12 with the bat, compared to just 8 in tests without him.

A similar trend with his bowling (33v22).

 

[Ju7]

Lot's for England after Botham - Pringle/DeFreitas/Capel/White

 

[GIMH]

Chris Woakes was much better before Broad and Anderson retired. FACT

 

[govinda indian fan]

Harbhajan singh

 

[govinda indian fan]

Chris Woakes was much better before Broad and Anderson retired. FACT

Pitches gotten much flatter esp in last two years. From 2017-21 england was toughest place to bat

 

[GIMH]

Pitches gotten much flatter esp in last two years. From 2017-21 england was toughest place to bat

Anderson would have taken 26 @ 14 in this series FACT

 

[govinda indian fan]

Anderson would have taken 26 @ 14 in this series FACT

I dont disagree since india are young and inexperienced batting unit

 

[Coronis]

Anderson would have taken 26 @ 14 in this series FACT

Was it really that cloudy? I know its England, but still

 

[TheJediBrah]

I reckon Anderson actually would have been ok this series. Wouldn't have taken bags of wicket but at his best would have held up an end. Like 20 overs 1-40