Originally Posted by
Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult
If we dropped Moeen and played Leach as an opener - can't do worse than Burns - then we'd have 4 quicks other than Archer and a spinner. If he breaks down on the first morning, you've only lost the combined runs of Burns and Ali (i.e. fück all) and the difference in spin bowling of Ali vs Leach. {Seemed similar in SL or wherever.}
Yes, I know his FC average is about 5 this year. But he doesn't look any worse than Burns. Or Jennings. Or most of the other cünts we've tried since Strauss quit.