England face selection issues again
The absence of Flintoff from the mix for the tour match has provided a selection conundrum for Andrew Strauss and Andy Flower, who must find a way of balancing the books without their allrounder, writes Mike Selvey in the Guardian .
Kanishkaa Balachandran
25-Feb-2013
The absence of Flintoff from the mix for the tour match has provided a selection conundrum for Andrew Strauss and Andy Flower, who must find a way of balancing the books without their allrounder, writes Mike Selvey in the Guardian.
The notion of reducing the bowling option by bolstering the batting seems to go against the grain of circumstance. But how to put a quart into a pint pot? One idea is for Prior to bat at six and tell him to take responsibility. This leaves Broad at seven – too high for someone who has yet to make a first-class hundred – and a long tail in a series that has so far seen significant contributions from both lower orders.
Kanishkaa Balachandran is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo