Crucket

Haddin and Taylor’s centuries against us this year started a round of observations on how we let average players score loads against us.

Another player we have made look good recently is Ryan Sidebottom. He picked up 41 wickets in the 6 test he played against us in 2008 at an average of 18.48, and we were in awe of him. His rediscovery after years spent fighting his way back into the England team was one of the stories of the year and led to him getting a Wisden Player of the Year nod. However, he got a mere 6 wickets against South Africa when they toured shortly after us and it is now suspected that his results against us was a blip.