Nah he just developed a bit later than most; he was actually a wicket keeper until fairly recently. He's not someone who was identified as a talent and coddled through as a youngster; he's earnt every spot in every team he's ever made on the sheer weight of performance.
He only took up bowling late. Was a keeper until a few years ago.
Which is exactly what makes him so popular around these parts.
Not a bad way of earn a spot.
You hadn't posted yet when I started quoting tbh.
Stand by it tbh; he was Australia's best bowler throughout the Ashes. That said, his performances in Zimbabwe and here have discredited him, Harris now appears to be fit which I didn't think would have happened yet and Copeland's still being Copeland so I'm a bit more open to him not playing now. He should certainly be in the squad though.
Well the way SL performed in England you should. They have a popgun attack so you should score heavily and scoreboard pressure does funny things to good batsman.
India vs. England also some mild encouragement - as Uppercut said elsewhere, they currently have a knack of making some decent teams (and let's face it India is one) look much worse than they actually are.
I just don't understand what it is about England that makes the other team's selectors literally lose their minds
True. Maybe that is because our attack is better than some are giving them credit for but the way that India and Australia's strong batting was dispatched so often so easily makes you think what would happen to a weaker line up.
Really don't think India's selectors did anything particularly odd other than recalling RP Singh, and it was 3-0 by then anyway.
Nah aside from that innings of pure pain at Melbourne, he did fine against Swann - relatively. The only bowler he looked genuinely comfortable against, tbh. A mixture of an injury at the worst possible time, and then the Broad push back/Anderson outswinger (replaced by Tremlett later) just completely ruined his footwork.
