Archer gone.

[Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult]

Almost certainly not. Not sure that even in a five man bowling attack having three bowlers who are best used in short bursts (including Stokes in that) is ideal anyway.

Even if you had a Swann to hold up one end?

[Burney]

Not necessarily. He can be a bit tetchy. Anyway, it's all a bit of fun.

Apparently, he accused him of looking like Ed Sheeran, so he was lucky not to get a bat wrapped around his head imo.

[Luis Anaconda]

Even if you had a Swann to hold up one end?

Swann wasn't really a containing bowler, he was an attacking bowler so no

[Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult]

Swann wasn't really a containing bowler, he was an attacking bowler so no

When the quicks weren't doing well, he'd bowl more overs than anyone. That's a bit more than Stokes/Wood/Archer will ever be allowed to do.

Having a spinner who can do that as well as attack (eg last over before lunch, 4th innings on a wearing pitch, India) is quite helpful. Still, Bess was relatively economical even when he wasn't taking wickets last test, wasn't he?

We used to go into test with Branderson, Bres and Swann. If we didn't bowl them out for under 200, Swann had to bowl a lot of overs.