Stop Disapointing Us
I nearly wrote this post last night but I thought I’d give him another night to prove his worth, for something in me thought it couldn’t be quite so bad. But it was, so here it is:
I said last week that I would have chosen Harmison for the team, but I reserved the right to change my mind – and here is that change of mind… Harmison… get out of the England side and back on a plane to England. You arrive un-prepared because you don’t “like” playing one-day cricket, and then when you are thrown the ball, you bowl slower than Collingwood and with about as much penetration as a blunt spoon.
“Fast” bowlers prepare well, warm up and are ready to hit their straps from the off. Sidebottom nearly got an LBW with the first ball of the test match as he was ready - Harmy threw down a medium paced dobbler which bounced a couple of times on the way through to the keeper. Over the two days so far he has been seen rehearsing bits of his action when walking back to his mark like a junior might, as the best players are prepared and know their action when the game comes around. I know the pitch is slow, but does that excuse the ball coming out of the hand at under 80mph regularly? Not for someone who is supposed to be the fast strike bowler.
Get Stuart Broad in the side for the next game, and don’t play Harmy again until he has played multiple games for Durham in the summer and shown that he is bowling well, and quick. So that may not be for a long time..
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