GT wrote:Then you're buggered, unless you've taken another spinner (which would be highly doubtful). You can't plan off ifs, buts and maybes, though, even if it isn't always ideal.
Exactly. You have to plan on the basis that all members of the squad are ready to play, if needed.
And he's 24. Youngish for a spinner but not exactly a babe in arms. Same age as Panesar when he was first picked.