Is he injured?
Has he been dropped?
Is he part of an eloborate plan to keep English cricket down?
You decide.
Don’t think about it too much though.
1st test Freddie, Broad, Panesar, Sidebottom, Harmison
2nd test Freddie, Broad, Panesar, Sidebottom, Anderson
3rd test Freddie, Broad, Swann, Anderson, Harmison
4th test Broad, Swann, Anderson, Sidebottom
All of this and one injury has forced a change.
According to Michael Holding “If you don’t pick Harmison on this pitch, you might as well tell him to pack his bags and go home”.
Does anyone expect harmy to last on tour?
Other than the selectors.
Its not all bad news though, Ravi is in, which means Bell is out.
Interestingly people don’t think England are sure what their best side would be. Actually, we do, its: Trescothick, Strauss, Vaughan, Pietersen, Bell, Flintoff, Jones (G), Giles, Harmison, Hoggard and Jones (S)…. oh, yes, hmmm, I see the problem