Former England bowler Steven Finn has joked that James Anderson and Stuart Broad might actually be quite happy to have missed the ongoing series against the West Indies.
Finn made the tongue-in-cheek suggestion that the pair actually "might be quietly content" not to have been picked given the unresponsive pitches that the series has been played on so far. Speaking on BT Sport, Finn said: "I think Broad and Anderson, sat at home, might be quietly content that they haven’t had to have a bowl on that pitch, though the competitors they are, I am sure they are formulating plans as to how they would have tried to counteract this wicket."
Although Finn's comments may have been tongue-in-cheek, they do highlight an issue with the pitches we have seen so far on this tour. According to CricViz, no Test series in the Caribbean since 2006 has had flatter pitches than this one.
