Whilst I wouldn't want to write off Ahmed after one poor performance, especially in April, he wasn't great in India either. From memory, he was comfortably out-performed by Hartley and Bashir.In terms of the England spinner debate we have Hartley and Ahmed not playing for their counties having been involved in the previous round. Bashir playing whilst missing the previous game. Trevaskis 82* over night doesn't look good for Ahmed.
Despite me assuming he'd been rested by ECB. Ahmed is on a pilgrimage to Mecca.In terms of the England spinner debate we have Hartley and Ahmed not playing for their counties having been involved in the previous round. Bashir playing whilst missing the previous game. Trevaskis 82* over night doesn't look good for Ahmed.
Exactly. That is what everyone was saying. He would only play alongside Lyon. Wells 8-0-31-2 doesn't bode well for Hartley's match time either. Come the Test series England's spinners will all be suffering from a lack of overs.Despite me assuming he'd been rested by ECB. Ahmed is on a pilgrimage to Mecca.
Hartley was your second choice spinner last season how was he going to play instead of Lyon?
Combination of using the Kookaburra ball and... wait for this... actually cutting the grass (at least in the matches I've watched highlights of).What is up with the pitches this year? Seems like every game thus far has been 600 v 600.
We used to complain that April matches were those when Stevo could run through a team and batters couldn't make a score. Surely this situation is ideal for encouraging fast bowlers to think about their games more, because conditions in AUS and IND aren't going to be as easy as a traditional English Spring.What is up with the pitches this year? Seems like every game thus far has been 600 v 600.
If Somerset are bowled out today for around 200, then we have the exciting possibility of Sibley and Burns batting on all four days of the match.Lawrence opening the bowling in the Somerset second innings and taking a wicket immediately. Looks like that game is only going one way.
Where's that Tom Hartley quote about India.We used to complain that April matches were those when Stevo could run through a team and batters couldn't make a score. Surely this situation is ideal for encouraging fast bowlers to think about their games more, because conditions in AUS and IND aren't going to be as easy as a traditional English Spring.