Quote Originally Posted by Peter View Post
What a load of old ****....
Great example of a bowler who becomes much much better out of the team. People banging on about how he should have played in the Ashes (despite the fact he was injured) do so on the basis that he used to bowl 90mph-plus. Due to injuries he doesn't do that anymore and he doesn't get much movement through the air or off the pitch so basically he just bowls at a nice pace to the middle of the bat. Pretty good reason to drop him. Although I fancy the real reason is that Woakes bolsters the batting