According to Nick Knight on TV last night, the England management have got 'a soft spot' for Ryan Sidebottom. You don't say.
Sidebottom exerts a mysterious hold upon their imaginations. In the nets, he's the bowling equivalent of Michael Vaughan. On the pitch, he's been creamed by Chris Gayle and Niall O'Brien. He's only bowled a couple of overs. He's keeping Jimmy Anderson out of the side, having recently displaced Graham Onions from the Test team.
What is the secret of Sidders' selection success? Answers on a postcard...
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The Medusa-esque qualities of his haircut are not immediately apparent on the TV screen, so I'm gonna say that's the reason.
Observation and keen thinking are the key to this problem.
Sidebottom was the first man Collingwood called upon to try and make sense of the Duckworth Lewis situation at the crucial point in the West Indies match.
He's obviously one of just five people in the whole world (apart from Mr D and Mr L) - and the only England-qualified player - that can comprehend the Method.
And that, mesdames and messieurs, explains his inclusion in its entirety.
Nurdler, good point, although that could have been im saying o Colly, 'the selectors say I'm the one who gets to bowl two overs'.
GCW, yes I saw it on the boundary at lord's and it reminded me of the glory days of whitesnake.
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