England will begin its bid to knock South Africa off the top of the test rankings without its attack spearhead after James Anderson was ruled out of Saturday’s first cricket test at Kingsmead.
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England hope their leading Test wicket-taker will be fit for the second match in Cape Town on January 2 but there are no guarantees. “We will have to play some strong cricket, be disciplined and play at our best if we are going to compete with them”, Root said this week.
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The Lancashire fast bowler missed the final two Tests of the Ashes series victory over Australia in the summer with a side strain.
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England are likely to select Chris Woakes as the replacement for Anderson.
“It’s a shame for Jimmy, but we’ve got some really good guys coming in to replace him”, said Stuart Broad, who will lead the attack in Anderson’s absence.
But it emerged yesterday that the 33-year-old was sent for a scan yesterday after feeling a twinge while bowling in practice on Monday.
Broad remembers similar conditions here during the last tour of South Africa in 2009-England won by an innings after nine wickets for spinner Graeme Swann and six for himself-although by his own admission, he remains a poor judge of a pitch.
“But there is patchiness and that’s interesting as a bowler because when it doesn’t look completely smooth you know there could be some different bounce off the different parts of the wicket”.
According to Sky Sports News HQ reporter Tim Abraham, Anderson has been struggling with a tight right calf throughout the ongoing tour.
“The fact that they beat South Africa A, for me, I wouldn’t place too much emphasis on it”, he added.
Steyn and Anderson are the only active seam bowlers to have passed 400 Test wickets and this winter could be the last chance to see the pair face off. “I think both teams are looking to start a resurgence again”.
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Liam Plunkett is a notable absentee after impressing in the recent T20s against Pakistan and, having also been axed from the Test squad in South Africa, he must wonder about his future prospects. Woakes played the last of his four Tests in August 2014 against India, and he trained with the team on Thursday, while Mark Footitt and Chris Jordan, the other pacers in the squad, trained separately.
