A tad dishonest to only bring bowling up here
Plus the fact that Leach has played nearly all his matches in very helpful conditions where you expect the spinners to take most of the wickets. Leach has definitely been unlucky not to have had a better run in the side but his not playing has massively helped his reputation.
Ali is a better option than those as an all-rounder, plus he's a proven spin bowler all rounder at test level- it looks like he'll get to 3000 runs and 200 wickets quicker than Flintoff. Crane has horrible stats, I'd consider Ali a better bowler than him. The option is Leach/Parkinson instead of or as well as Ali.
Agreed. I am hoping that England will be caught in a confused state between going for the win and defending for the draw, thereby giving India the wickets.
Yeah if Stokes is playing and fit to bowl then Leach should be picked ahead of Moeen, but it made sense to go with the latter with the current balance of the side. Woakes coming in changes it slightly I guess, but it's never just going to be about bowling when the bloke is also batting seven.
When did he play 5? This is his second test this series, right? And then Gabba was there. Did he really play anywhere else? His debut test where he got injured 5 balls into his first over not counting, obviously.
Typo corrected.
