The Ashes

[Jacko]

Ladies and gentleman.

3 years in the planning and now we can show you the fruits of these labours ... we announce that Bashir will NOT be playing in the spin friendly 3rd test.

The management and skipper should hang their heads in shame. No one I can recall had the lad down as a frontline spinner. Now, instead of nurturing him and propelling him into the test arena, they have seriously set his career back, maybe permanently. I hope he can resurrect it and go on to be a decent bowler, but mentally this must leave him distraught and discouraged.

This is a lad that by rights should never have bowled a ball in Test cricket. He's been on the ride of his life!!