Yea any of those would do as they can bowl a bit if needs be, radio says they started 20 minutes late this morning (when it was cloudy conditions which England have had a massive 10-15 minutes of so far - as is consistent with their usual shafting by the elements in this series)superkingdave said:
To be honest, Harmison has increasingly been a complete disgrace on this tour. Never mind the fact that he was supposed to be the number 1 in the world a few months back, simply by dint of being a professional bowler he should be able to find line & length far more often than he has done. I know some will say this is just because he's now bowling at a decent side again, but there's no way he'd have taken 60+ wickets in 2004 bowling this sort of tripe, whoever it was against. It's almost as if years of coasting at Durham and never sorting out his basic technique have again taken precendent over the sorting out that Cooley managed last year. Once again, big questions have to be asked about his attitude if he can let it go as badly as he has done this winter.superkingdave said:
If his attitude is the problem, then it is high-time somebody in England's selection committee and Duncan Fletcher give him a serve to tell him to pull his finger out or maybe not to take his England selections for granted.wpdavid said:
I suggest you refrain from calling Harmison a complete disgrace and questioning his attitude when you have absolutely no idea what he's been doing over the past few months. It's obvious he's worked on his batting and maybe he's worked too hard on that compared to the bowling and lost his rhythm bowling-wise - he's still trying as hard, maybe harder than ever.wpdavid said:
Keedy @ Lancs (SLA) is the one most often mentioned (72 wickets @ 25.68 in '04), but he's 30 now & can't bat for toffee.Craig said:
What is absolutely certain is that his performance in this series doesn't merit being in the side. Obviously what he did last year has rightly kept him in up till now, but I think we're getting very close to the point where his selection or otherwise becomes a very fair question.Craig said:
It was prime bowling conditions in the morning (overcast, muggy, damp etc.) - the start was delayed for 20 minutes and the clouds disappeared shortly after the declaration came.Josh said:
