James Anderson rested for the benefit of the team, says Andy Flower – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JM-Anderson-c1705, for the upcoming third Test of the series against West Indies and believes that a prized horse is not entered in
every race.
The last Test of the three-match series is going to start from June 7th, 2012, at Birmingham. The home team has already sealed the series by winning the initial two Tests at Lord’s and Trent Bridge.
England have a very hectic schedule this summer, which includes limited-over battles against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AJ-Strauss-c964 and company take on South Africa in an all-important encounter.
The Poms are currently the number one ranked Test team of the world but in case of a loss against the Proteas, they will slip down the rankings.
The former http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 captain expressed that England’s target in the on-going series has already been achieved and it provides an ideal opportunity for the selectors to rest their premier bowler and give chance to a young cricketer to showcase his skills at
the ultimate level of the sport.
Flower made it clear that his team needs Anderson to be fresh against South Africa.
"We came into this series with one goal and that was to win the series. We've achieved that goal so our priorities do shift. I'm not intending to demean the importance of this Test but, since we won the series already, our priority on the Test front does
now shift to the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 series,” Flower expressed.
The 29-year-old fast bowler has already grabbed 493 scalps in international cricket and is considered to be one of the most threatening bowlers in English conditions.
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 coach further added that being the most important player of the team, the management cannot afford to waste his energy on dead-rubbers.
He added, "Would you enter your prize http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Simon-Jones-c2531 in every race through the year? You wouldn't. You would target the races you want to win. We've won this race already.”
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