Following On | Steve Harmison Launches an Explosive Rant on England’s Preparation for India Tour

On this week’s episode of The Following On Podcast, Neil Manthorp, Steve Harmison, and Jon Norman discuss England’s potential squad and lack of potential preparation going into next years tour of India.

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We’ve got we’ve got one spinner who’s bold in India you know you look at the England makeup of the of the of the squad and you go it looks as though they’re going to they’ve got four out out seamers and four out out Spinners so they’re going to play two and two

They’re going to play two seamers our batting SP our batting I would say I don’t know what you think man is I I think England’s batting 2024 is stronger than austr A’s batting in 2023 what’s your what’s your batting lineup because I don’t think England know their batting

Lineup and how you get how you get them into seven is a real is a real concern because you you’re going to have to have Folks at seven because you’ve picked them well you’ve g a central contct you haven’t picked folks for him not to play

Yeah you haven’t picked him for him not to play and you haven’t given him a central contract for him not to play the reason why you haven’t give will Jack a central contract Phil salt a central contract is because you didn’t believe that they were going to play so folks

So no folks players at seven then you’ve got to fit a top six in so where’s beo play so then that’s the question it for me if you want to fit for me Joe Rood has to bat three no question whatsoever he’s our best player for any for us to

Win the series he’s got to have the series of his life and for me our best player has to bat at number three there’s no good Joe rot going in at 2 for2 with Folks at seven and four Bowlers who really struggle to bat because he might end up ruling out of

Partners because the the thing that I think England struggled with and when you’re talking about basball and the positive approach the hardest part about batting in India is getting your inning started Under Pressure two men round the bat three men round the bat spin Bowers bowling ball turning heat of the battle

50,000 there’s not going to be 50,000 people in because of smaller grounds that for me is basbol going to go and smack the second ball out the ground for six is somebody going to run down a wicket with all them men round the bat under pressure and hit it for six

That for me is why bball will will struggle more so there than it would in Pakistan Pakistan didn’t spin that much so I think all these come into it so for me root has to B three which might which means you either have you have two from

Ducket Pope or Crawley and with that you get bestto on your team at number six Stokes at Five Brook at four rude at three and then it’s duck it and Crawley no Pope or we got to remember Stokes is not a guaranteed starter yet so then

That might be an easier one because poke them would Captain but they were they’re the they’re the conversations I’m intrigued to see how they get seven players out of the top six the seven batters that they’ve picked plus Ben folks so that’s intriguing for me that

One that’s a point and the next one is their bowling attack when it comes to the bowling attack you’ve got wooden ainson so it’s going to be one of and it’s going to be one of Robinson and Robinson and Anderson I would imagine alter it between the series they’ll need

A quick bowler they’ll need somebody to hold an end which is obviously Jimmy did it brilliantly last time they were out in India but if you pick Mark Wood if you pick Mark Wood I think you struggle then to get ran Ahmed on your team because the last thing you want is a

Bowler who who’s expensive possibly expensive in wood with Pierce on a ball and then armed as well who hasn’t bow in India who is just a young man who for me the Indians there for me go and try and smash him at the park and then it’s up

To him to to combat that if you then only have Jack leech and Jimmy Anderson all of a sudden you’ve got a threadbear balling attack which I think could struggled to 20 wickets anywhere so that the all these thrown into the melon pot is why I think England are going to

Really struggle in India because they’re not not know their best side and that their game plan for me would be questioned if Joe rot bats at number four and then you’d have to not play Johnny BTO I think hary um Brendan McCullum and Ben Stokes are not going to

Want Jimmy Anderson bowling dry yes Jimmy can run in the bowl 10 overs for 15 but um I don’t think that anyway I I need to get a comment from you on West Indies and Sri Lanka so we have to leave that for a moment just a quick word

Though on the approach um England flying in three days before the first test match uh having been based and preparing in Dubai and then apparently flying back to Dubai to the comfort of their guaranteed worldclass club sandwiches and golf courses rather than stick it out in the in the in the

Outback Max Madness absolute Madness and like I said to you last week manners this is not confirmed but when it does get confirmed I can’t wait I want to I want to say I actually get in touch with him what nasar Hussein used to say and have a go about me not not

Playing in three warm-up games before a an Asher series abroad I’d love to know what NASA is going to say about this is because for me there’s a lot of broadcasters out there that they’re frightened of this England cricket team and they don’t see a you know they don’t

Go against the ECB don’t go against the England cricket team but I tell you what if england go in three days before they deserve to get beat 5 nil they really do you know I’m not I’m an old man right and that’s what they’re going to say

Times have changed the game has changed but I tell you what preparation hasn’t changed you cannot go into India under prep you cannot go into India overprepared you could be in India for 6 weeks before then and still not be prepared for that first test and what

The emotion of that that The Cauldron that goes in to go in three days before you I’d love to know what like you know you talk about Peterson and you talk about Strauss and you talk about cook in that great side the only side that’s won

There in 20 2012 what they would think if they if you said what we’re going in three days before I think they’ laughed that year I I really can’t and I to be honest I love this this new approach I love Ben Ben Stokes the BR McCullum approach obviously Rob key and

Everything that they’ve done ECB have done but I’m sorry going in three days before You’ never do that for an ashes test series You’ never go to New Zealand for for six you know for six eight 10 days in between in Australia you would never go to

Australia with for three days before the gabber so why go three days before hydrabad for me it’s it’s the new world hary it’s the new world it’s not the new world no it’s not the new world it’s not the new world it’s player power it’s player power that’s all it is it’s it’s

It’s people backing down to the players we we’ve got 29 contracts to players we’ve got a system that’s that’s hanging by a thread for me at this moment in time because we’re frightened that the players are going to go off and do something else let them go off and do

Something else this is the England cricket team you play five test matches in India you prepare the right way and you go in when it’s you to with overs under your belt with balls F and getting used to climatization it’s a different a it’s a different surface that you’re

Going to that you’re going to go on for me it stinks absolutely stinks on am on daab Via the talk sport app and on your smart speaker talk sport