England are off the Ashes pace and need Jimmy Anderson’s guile more than ever | The Spin

Ashes lore suggests series in Australia are won by pace but for England’s depleted tourists the nous and experience of Anderson is their best hope“Remember, lad,” Len Hutton once told Ray Lindwall, “one day, we’ll have a fast bowler – and I hope that day isn’t too far off.” That was in 1950-51. Lindwall wasn’t so white-knuckle quick for Australia that year as he had been on England’s previous tour, in 1946-47, but he was still fast enou