Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player.
ENGLAND'S plans to take down Australia with giant fast bowlers lie in ruins.
Chris Tremlett, Steven Finn and Boyd Rankin were all included to attack Australia, and particularly captain Michael Clarke, with short bowling on hard Australian pitches.
However, at most only one of the trio is likely to play in Perth on one of the most fast bowler friendly pitches in the world, where Australia has an outstanding record and is strongly favoured to regain the Ashes.
England felt that the best way to unsettle Clarke was with short bowling and that worked on the opening day of the series in Brisbane when he fended a Stuart Broad bouncer to short leg for just one.
But Clarke has since smashed two centuries as Australia has crushed England in both Tests with Mitchell Johnson the thunderbolt who has destroyed the tourists.
Chris Tremlett prepares to bowl at the Gabba. Source: Getty Images
Tremlett played in the first Test at the Gabba and claimed four wickets for the match but his bowling was generally modest and lacked venom.
He looked a very different bowler to the one who was included for the Perth Test three years ago and claimed eight wickets.
There were times in Brisbane when Tremlett's pace dropped below 130kph, a worrying marker that England's backroom strategists know only too well.
Their detailed research has found that a fast bowler's ability take wickets at Test level reduces once their pace falls below 135kph and plunges below 130kph.
Contrast that with Australia, where Johnson is bowling around 150kph and Ryan Harris 140kph.
Tremlett is now 32 and has played just 12 Tests in a career marred by injury. Brisbane was his first Test in almost two years.
England's struggling paceman Steven Finn. Source: AFP
Most worrying for England is the continuing struggles of Finn, their fastest bowler.
Aged just 24 he has already taken 90 wickets at 29 with a strike rate of just 48 balls per wicket, which is better than any of the modern day greats.
However, he concedes almost four runs an over and currently his rhythm and run-up are a mess.
His bowling in tour matches since England arrived in late October has been dreadful, with his length too consistently short.
Rankin, 29, is raw at international level given he has spent most of his career playing for Ireland and has also bowled too short in tour matches.
While Australia has named an unchanged squad for a third successive Test England have a multitude of concerns.
Playing two spinners in Adelaide was a bold move which may have paid dividends if England had not dropped vital catches on the opening day.
Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player.
But there is every chance that neither Graeme Swann nor Monty Panesar will play in Perth given the poor record spinners have at the ground.
Tim Bresnan, who has recovered from a back injury, appears a logical inclusion to bowl into the prevailing Fremantle Doctor.
Then comes the hard decisions. All-rounder Ben Stokes, 22, appears to have the makings of a solid cricketer and bowled with good pace but does not look a number six batsman.
Does he in stay in the side as one of four fast bowlers alongside Jimmy Anderson, Broad and Tremlett while Gary Ballance comes in at six to make his debut?
England have more questions than answers.
Anda sedang membaca artikel tentang
England ruined by giants' failure
Dengan url
http://ragaseni.blogspot.com/2013/12/england-ruined-by-giants-failure.html
Anda boleh menyebar luaskannya atau mengcopy paste-nya
England ruined by giants' failure
namun jangan lupa untuk meletakkan link
England ruined by giants' failure
sebagai sumbernya
0 komentar:
Posting Komentar