England's pace attack

With England's tour of India around the corner I thought of looking at England's pace attack. If one looks at the pace attack I feel that England have a bit of variety which is always good to have.

To start with England will depend a lot on Freddie who after a slow start to his career has developed into a fine bowler as he can hit the deck, he is good with the old ball, and more importantly he is consistent, yes he has had quite a few ankle injuries and a was a bit rusty against Saffers in tests but in the onedayers he looked better. England surely need the big all rounder to fire and repeat what he did in 06 when he did well as an all rounder. It is also good to see that Harmy looks in better rhythm, yes when he is fit and firing he is dangerous but all those problems of him getting homesick means that he is not reliable. Anderson is another one who can surprise a few in India as this season he bowled with consistency which shows that without giving a fair run in the side a player can't be judged and it was good to see him bowling some good spells even on flat wickets like Lords and proving his critics wrong. He with time has developed the ability to bowl well with the old ball as he can bowl off cutters and get a bit of reverse which is an important ingredient to succeed in India but it does not look like KP has much confidence in him and if he is dropped from the starting X1 I think it will be a mistake as he is the bowler who is in good form, Broad still has some way to go as he lacks variety to bowl on flat wickets but shows some promise and of course there is SIders who was unfit for most of the season but he can do a job as he can be consistent though on flat wickets of India selecting him is a big gamble.

All in all England quicks on Indian wickets will find it hard but I think the pace attack is good and may trouble the Indian batsmen a bit more than what Aussie quicks have done till now but with England's quicks fitness is always a question mark and of course with someone like Harmy it is home sickness.