Their home summer is set up against NZ, 1 Test vs India (as far as I know that hasn't been deleted off the schedule) and SA. I don't think they'll have much luxury there either unless they really rig the pitches which can always backfire since all 3 sides have good bowling lineups and could do well in such conditions.
Root was the one who slagged off the bowlers as his batsmen can't get a bloody run. I really think if this is all to shore up a captain whose part of a selectorial process that has led us to these hideous results as of late, then it's even a worse decision. His decisions are generally drop a spinner anyway, so he presumably isn't disliked much by them, if it was Leach you could understand enmity.
No one's getting a bloody run unless they get to feast on mediocre bowling like Australia just did in the last Ashes. Does no one realise this at all, that this is not a great time to be a batter against pace bowling especially?
There wasn't much mediocre bowling, hideous fielding though. There's some decent fast bowlers around, and Jimmeh's figures wrack up against all of them over the last few years.
Letting Australia get past 300 multiple times isn't solely bad fielding. India in 2020/21 had some bad fielding, still managed to keep Australia below 350 all but once. As for Jimmy, his numbers don't really rack up all that well considering only his average and economy are decent.
Still doesn't take away from the general poor bowling, and Jimmy's been part of the problem. Tbf England's had real bad luck keeping bowlers fit that could be strike bowlers so there is some leeway.
Yep. It looks stunningly arrogant. Sure we just lost 4-0 buy we can afford to not play our two best bowlers. England should be playing them both as much as possible until they retire or are not worth a spot.
Yeah, it's absolute toss. 'Nothing to learn'? Don't England fans want to see their side win now whilst building to the future? I'm sure they do.
