Well if that's the case then fine I suppose. He's goodish odds of bagging another pair I fear. Anyway I hope he does well. Given that quote the only change I'd like to see is Usman for Harris. I wonder if that will happen though? If Steve Waugh is influencing team composition then Usman might be benched again.
Just noticed this.
A lot of the low scores were rather lame surrenders. But since the 67 they’ve batted with great grit and determination. But at Old Trafford they still barely reached Australia’s first innings total after 2 days and 20 wickets. As is often the case in these situations it’s a bit of both. High quality bowling and substandard batting.
Because, without Cummins, our much vaunted pace attack is gettable. Lyon's sore pinky is a big problem as we rely on him to bowl bulk overs. At least OT shows we can still win without him taking a lot of wickets. So I'm hoping we'll pick both Lyon and Cummins despite their issues. They are our two most important bowlers. Play Marsh. He and Marnus can bowl overs to mediate the workloads.
Definitely. Last Ashes he played in all 5 Tests bowling 197.1 overs. So far 164.1. Love watching him bowl. Bat first and let him have an extra day's rest.
It depends on what his issues are, though. If it's general fatigue, then see how he comes up by tomorrow morning and if he's right within himself (he most likely will be) then play him. But if they've done tests and he's getting into that danger area for stress fractures, then he absolutely shouldn't play. An injury like that would rule him out for basically the whole of the home summer. And while I know that's only Pakistan and NZ, you still want him fit for those games rather than out because he played in this one.
