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tooextracool
International Coach
Vaughan actually took a catch? who'd have thunk it.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
Aye, my thought this morning was "surely this time it's going to be the 3rd?" but still no.
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Yeah, ridiculous.
Scaly piscine
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Numpties in the crowd might love Panesar, but every opposition side in Test cricket love him more. Could be facing some overs from Harmison, Simon Jones, Hoggard etc. who can field and bat better too, but instead they have the awesome non-contribution of a toothless finger spinner.
tooextracool
International Coach
honestly anyone thinking sidebottom deserves to have taken more wickets than anderson this test is seriously kidding themself
Jakester1288
International Regular
Sidebottom has bowled really well today. He has been getting some inswing and troubling all the batsmen. Anderson has also bowled well, credits to them both.
SpaceMonkey
International Debutant
This man speaks the truth.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
Why does it matter whether it was Anderson or Sidebottom who got it?
It's less that than that Anderson has bowled very poorly this Test and isn't someone I rate on a long-term basis. So therefore when he does bowl poorly, it's vital from selection POV that this doesn't get disguised.
tooextracool
International Coach
personally, i dont think sidebottom is a better bowler than anderson, not has he bowled anywhere near as well as anderson this summer.
Jakester1288
International Regular
If Anderson could consistently find the right length, he has the potential to be up there with the best pace bowlers in the world. If only....
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
An extremely large number of bowlers you could say that of.
tooextracool
International Coach
i would rate sidebottom, but its incredibly obvious that when his inswinger isnt working, hes a very very ordinary bowler. yesterday was a case in point. I guess you could argue that Anderson is also reliant on swing friendly conditions, but his ability to swing the ball both ways and his performances in the first 2 tests of this series make me believe that as long as Flintoff is in the same side, Anderson would be a better pick.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
Sidebottom is currently averaging 25, and he's not had the most luck, probably the least in fact out of our bowlers. I can't remember how he did against India, shall look it up now, and do realise that his low average may partly be down to playing a lot of his games again West Indies & New Zealand, but someone who has taken wickets consistently as he has over the last 14 months should obviously be retained until he has a proper slump, rather than a few bad days here and there.