Really feels like Root can't manage them
Feels like bad man management again altho there were signs through the Ashes that Root / Jimmy / Stuart were not pulling in the same direction.
If that's the case I wonder if Strauss has 'taken one for the team' in this, Root gets a chance to show he can captain a side to victory in the WI without his two best pace bowlers (we've not won out there in ages, have we?).
Strauss gets painted as the bad guy - the new management team can then take a view based on what is learned from this series.
Broad and Anderson are reminded they're not undroppable, Root essentially has a short, winnable series to show that he shouldn't be new broomed away too. They all get a break from each other...
Broad spoke eloquently and cleverly out in Australia - personally I reckon he makes sense as the next captain in line. But if there's a feeling he's been undermining Root (our best/only batsman) I can see why they opted not to make this swap.
Potentially I'm giving Strauss too much credit, but I do think he's happy to take the unpopular decisions for the longer term good.
Problem really is that Root should have been rotated out of being captain quite a while ago...
Posted By: Cardiff Canary on February 13th 2022 at 13:56:21
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- Broady is not happy... (Other Sports) - DrDublin, Feb 13, 11:09:23
- Personally I think it depends on how they see the wickets playing.If they're (Other Sports) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Feb 13, 12:46:37
- To put it more succinctly, there's not much to be gained by them playing there (Other Sports) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Feb 13, 12:48:54
- Rightly so. Him and oh Jimmy Jimmy treated (Other Sports) - DiscoDale, Feb 13, 11:22:25
- You'd have thought they would have at least both got a proper meeting not a 5 min call. (n/m) (Other Sports) - DrDublin, Feb 13, 11:23:10
- New management, same bad man management (Other Sports) - Basil Wrathbone, Feb 13, 11:50:20
- Really feels like Root can't manage them (Other Sports) - Cardiff Canary, Feb 13, 13:56:21
- Not sure this bloke from (n/m) (Other Sports) - Jim, Feb 13, 13:52:55
- Yorkshire and Woakes and Overton are a new generation of fast bowlers (Other Sports) - Jim, Feb 13, 13:54:43
- Overton will do fine,he's a solid all-round cricketer. (n/m) (Other Sports) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Feb 13, 14:28:55
- Yorkshire and Woakes and Overton are a new generation of fast bowlers (Other Sports) - Jim, Feb 13, 13:54:43
- This does feel a bit like "Rooney must play" thing towards the end of his career (n/m) (Other Sports) - watfordcanary, Feb 13, 12:39:23
- Is Malan in the ipl auction? (n/m) (Other Sports) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Feb 13, 12:02:16
- New management, same bad man management (Other Sports) - Basil Wrathbone, Feb 13, 11:50:20
- You'd have thought they would have at least both got a proper meeting not a 5 min call. (n/m) (Other Sports) - DrDublin, Feb 13, 11:23:10
- Personally I think it depends on how they see the wickets playing.If they're (Other Sports) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Feb 13, 12:46:37
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