Thursday, May 24

Second Test at Headingley

The pub quiz question of "who are the only father and son to have played only one Test match each" looks even more in danger of becoming obsolete tomorrow, with the news that Andrew Flintoff has failed a fitness test. So it looks rather likely that Ryan Sidebottom and James Anderson will be named for the team tomorrow - given the performance by the batsmen and Matt Prior in the last Test, England look shorter on bowling power than batting, so although Shah was supposed to be taking Flintoff's place, it now looks like he was merely keeping Michael Vaughan's warm. Mind you, given that he was England's second most restrictive bowler in the World Cup, maybe Vaughan's the new all-rounder...

1 comment:

AverageEarthman said...

Alright, I can't count. I admit it. This is why I'm also a terrible umpire.

Although perhaps if the Windies had had 12 players they might have lasted to the last day...