Would have been utterly pointless bowling him this morning. Cook needs to learn to manage Anderson better and other bowlers in the attack need to learn to step up and take responsibility so that our fielding tactics evolve from "let's give Jimmeh the ball." He's got a 5 Test Ashes series to get through this summer, and we saw 2 years ago what happens when you bowl him into the ground.
He bowled 13 overs yesterday.
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His inconsistent bowling is ok with me so long as he can be a test quality number 8 with the bat. If he is going to be a bunny with the bat then he had better take his bowling to a new level. I realise I am not addressing your point - I just wanted to talk about Craig.
There's no pleasing some people
And we're less than 10 days off a Test where he bowled 43 overs.
McGrath had a shocker at Old Trafford in 2005 but IIRC that was 5.5 an over.
those shots are how we got the 40 run last wicket partnership ffs
No. Just no.
There is a middle ground ffs. Nobody is saying he shouldn't have attacked but maybe don't whack it down then fielder's throat when the trap is set. There's a big margin between attacking everything and stone walling. Nobody is asking for the latter but all he'd have had to do was put away one shot for a period