Would Jimmy Anderson make Australia's full strength side?

[Adders]

Despite my general grumpiness at this thread it has laid down a decent marker for the Ashes battles to come.........Im starting to get pumped for the series.

 

[Burgey]

I'm looking forward to TJB's level of angst when Lyon wins the Compton-Miller Medal.

 

[stephen]

Despite my general grumpiness at this thread it has laid down a decent marker for the Ashes battles to come.........Im starting to get pumped for the series.

Mission accomplished.

 

[TheJediBrah]

I'm looking forward to TJB's level of angst when Lyon wins the Compton-Miller Medal.

Did you just make that up

 

[Adders]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compton–Miller_Medal

Nice to note we're wining this thing 5-2.

 

[Burgey]

They should go back and award them retrospectively, like they've done with country and player ratings over the years. Would be interesting.

 

[TheJediBrah]

They should go back and award them retrospectively, like they've done with country and player ratings over the years. Would be interesting.

not really

 

[Victor Ian]

The most dominant winner of this medal is Johnson. FMD that was a killer series for him. How long until another player causes such devastation in a series.

 

[TheJediBrah]

The most dominant winner of this medal is Johnson. FMD that was a killer series for him. How long until another player causes such devastation in a series.

Mitchell Johnson, infamous for having won the Cooper-Miller medal in 2014

 

[Spark]

Aside from the best series from a visiting bowler in a generation.

Willing to cut him some slack for last time given he was injured and the 2nd innings of most Test matches are exactly what you don't want as a bowler.

Nah, that title still goes to Steyn in 2008-9 for me. He won SA a Test they frankly had absolutely no right to win.

He wasn't injured for the whole series last time, was he?

 

[TheJediBrah]

Nah, that title still goes to Steyn in 2008-9 for me. He won SA a Test they frankly had absolutely no right to win.

He wasn't injured for the whole series last time, was he?

He may have had a bit of an emotional breakdown after the dual blows of being bullied by Michael Clarke verbally in Brisbane, and being bullied into the stands for 28 in an over by George Bailey in Perth

 

[flibbertyjibber]

The most dominant winner of this medal is Johnson. FMD that was a killer series for him. How long until another player causes such devastation in a series.

In fairness Bell wasn't far behind as he scored his runs in vital situations in 2013 and turned a couple of close situations right into England's favour.

 

[Victor Ian]

In fairness Bell wasn't far behind as he scored his runs in vital situations in 2013 and turned a couple of close situations right into England's favour.

For Bell to have been comparable, he'd have had to have scored the 700+ runs that Cook scored in the previous series, but at a strike rate of 150. Anyways..... Anderson yeah. Great* player!

*second class 'great' which I must point out is no where near being an insult

 

[vic_orthdox]

Nah, that title still goes to Steyn in 2008-9 for me. He won SA a Test they frankly had absolutely no right to win.

He wasn't injured for the whole series last time, was he?

Yeah, that was the first one that came to mind for me too.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Having said that Jimmy would make the Australian side, while the faffing on is going on about his record since the start of 2014, here's his record since the 2013/14 Ashes:

Bowling records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPN Cricinfo

No-one argues that Jimmy is probably the first picked in the world in English conditions. He's played double the tests at home in this period than he has away - something more likely for an English player but not a historically normal amount.

He's played less away Tests over this period than Hazlewood (who made his debut after this point), Philander, Ashwin, etc. His record over the period is very good, but it's been set up as well as it possibly could for him.

 

[honestbharani]

The more interesting discussion would be "will the Aussie selectors have let Anderson play on in case the quartet were all fit and available circa end of last of year?" Aussie selectors seem to be notorious for nudging aging stars into retirement.

 

[GIMH]

The most dominant winner of this medal is Johnson. FMD that was a killer series for him. How long until another player causes such devastation in a series.

In fairness Bell wasn't far behind as he scored his runs in vital situations in 2013 and turned a couple of close situations right into England's favour.

 

[GIMH]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compton–Miller_Medal

Nice to note we're wining this thing 5-2.

Reflects our dominance in modern Ashes series

 

[Burgey]

The more interesting discussion would be "will the Aussie selectors have let Anderson play on in case the quartet were all fit and available circa end of last of year?" Aussie selectors seem to be notorious for nudging aging stars into retirement.

Yeah this was the point I was making at the outset of the thread.

 

[stephen]

Yeah this was the point I was making at the outset of the thread.

And one of the things I wanted discussion on when I started the thread.