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Old 11-03-2007, 05:23 PM in reply to darksideofthemoon's post starting "The same could be said for Anderson who..."
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Originally Posted by darksideofthemoon
Ali - 14 games - expensive
Johnson - 10 - injury prone
Kirtley - 11 - shortage of wickets
Sidebottom - 2 - went to Zimbabwe with Hoggard but Hoggard was chosen to join Caddick and Gough
Silverwood - 7
Tremlett - 5 - injury prone
Tudor - 3 - injury prone
Wharf - 13 - he couldn't give them the runs they wanted from a number 9.
To be fair though none of the bowlers above deserved long term selection because they werent good enough.

Tremlett may be (good enough) but unfortunatly he's been over hyped so expectations are too high.
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