England’s leading wicket-takers James Anderson and Stuart Broad have been dropped for the upcoming Test series against West Indies as the ECB’s red ball reset following the 4-0 defeat to Australia claims its highest-profile casualties.
The fallout from the disastrous Ashes tour was never going to be restricted to administrators after the departures of director of men’s cricket Ashley Giles, head coach Chris Silverwood and assistant Graham Thorpe. But Anderson and Broad are comfortably the most contentious axings so far.
