LONDON : England should not be overly reliant on express pace in the next two tests against West Indies and must consider alternating Jofra Archer and Mark Wood, former quick Darren Gough has said.
\nEngland opted for the express speed of Archer and Wood and the experience of James Anderson in Southampton but lost by four wickets in the series opener.
\n\u201cI\u2019ve said from the start \u2014 rotate Archer and Wood,\u201d Gough, who played 58 tests between 1994-2003, told Sky Sport Cricket.
\n\u201cWe got a bit carried away, seeing Wood bowl really quickly in South Africa. We\u2019ve seen Archer do it, but it\u2019s very hard to do it every single game.\u201d
\nGough said England should also bring back Stuart Broad and Chris Woakes for the second test, which begins on Thursday at Manchester\u2019s Old Trafford.
\n\u201cI would rest Wood and Anderson at Old Trafford and bring in Broad and Woakes,\u201d Gough said.
\n\u201cThat would be my plan then, with back-to-back test matches, you bring Anderson and Wood back (for the third test).\u201d
\nFormer captain Michael Vaughan said it would be unfair to criticise Archer, who claimed three second-innings wickets in Southampton, for not bowling consistently in excess of 90 miles per hour.
\n\u201cThe body just doesn\u2019t allow you to do it every single over that you bowl,\u201d Vaughan told BBC Radio 5.
\n\u201cBut when you get that click, that six or seven overs where everything is in sync and you see the ball flying down at 90mph-plus causing chaos, that\u2019s why you put Jofra Archer in your team.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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