He was England’s best bowler and Joe Root kept turning to him in his attempts to defeat Australia and a dire surface for cricket. “That pitch was so unresponsive,” said Anderson after the match. It would be great if we could get someone who could bowl 90mph plus, to have that sort of X-factor. Stuart Broad is the pantomime villain here and Anderson is more than happy to let him remain in that role. It was ridiculous, but what we’ve come to expect.”Meanwhile, it is just as easy to establish what Root expects in Sydney from Anderson.

Source: The Guardian December 31, 2017 18:00 UTC