Tuesday, February 08, 2005

A Comeback for James Anderson ??


With Steve Harmisson going public about his lack of interest in being in South Africa and his figures in the last match backing his words, England face a serious selection problem before the fifth ODI. Matthew Hoggard is understandably exhausted after a gruelling Test series and his performances also proved that in the last game he played.

So England might need to go back to the enigmatic, mercurial, talented but out-of-form James Anderson and hope he finds form in comditions similar to where he bowled so devastatingly in the World Cup almost 2 years ago. Although I suppose Alex Wharf is also an option - why didn't he start in any of the matches so far ??

I always thought it was not a smart move to send Simon Jones home - his type of bowling could have been useful here particularly given that Harmisson was never likely to be a big threat this series.

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