Can you afford in a 4 man attack in tough conditions to have one of your bowlers going at over 50 a piece.
It puts a huge amount of pressure on other members of the attack to take 20 wickets if you have aspirations of winning a test/series
There is no question that he has improved but I am still not convinced that when the going gets tough, he is good enough to hold his own in a 4 man attack
When playing in alien conditions when your backs are against the wall I tend to find you find out more about a player than in a 'gimme home series'
Hopefully he will start taking some wickets in this series as ultimately England will not win a test without all the bowlers contributing in the wickets column
Its not sufficient to be 'doing a job' in these conditions as we need to him to take wickets
It puts a huge amount of pressure on other members of the attack to take 20 wickets if you have aspirations of winning a test/series
There is no question that he has improved but I am still not convinced that when the going gets tough, he is good enough to hold his own in a 4 man attack
When playing in alien conditions when your backs are against the wall I tend to find you find out more about a player than in a 'gimme home series'
Hopefully he will start taking some wickets in this series as ultimately England will not win a test without all the bowlers contributing in the wickets column
Its not sufficient to be 'doing a job' in these conditions as we need to him to take wickets