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England’s all-time leading wicket-takers James Anderson and Stuart Broad are BOTH left out of Test squad for tour of West Indies, with EIGHT Ashes flops axed including Jos Buttler as Andrew Strauss continues his red ball reset
- James Anderson has taken 640 Test wickets in 169 matches for England
- But the legendary bowler has been omitted from squad to take on West Indies
- He is not thought to be considering retirement though, and played in the Ashes
- His long-time bowling partner Stuart Broad has also missed out on selection
England’s post-Ashes clear-out claimed its biggest and most surprising victims last night when Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad were left out of the tour to the Caribbean.
No fewer than eight members of the Test squad humiliated in Australia joined managing director Ashley Giles, coach Chris Silverwood and his assistant Graham Thorpe in being brutally culled by Sir Andrew Strauss in his first week back at the ECB.
But the omission of Anderson and Broad will cause shockwaves throughout the game, with interim managing director Strauss perhaps bringing to an end the illustrious careers of the greatest fast-bowling partnership in English Test history.
Stuart Broad and James Anderson have been left out of the England Test side for West Indies
Saqib Mahmood is among the England players named in the touring party
Former England captain Strauss insisted last night it would be premature to say time has been called on the 39-year-old Anderson and 36-year-old Broad. But he did pass the buck to whoever follows him and interim coach Paul Collingwood this summer.
The seismic decision has echoes of Strauss’s first spell as team director in 2015…
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Source : dailymail
