Fletcher Favourites

The stats for Fletcher Favorites, as they stand at the end of second test in Australia.

Geraint Jones
He has scored 11 runs in the second test, took three catches and dropped one, in the closing stages of Australian chase.

Ashley Giles
He scored 27 runs in two innings, including a duck - if ever a superior number 8 batsman was needed to score it was the second inning of the second test- and has bowled 52 over, conceded 149 runs and taken 2 wickets.
The superiors fielder also dropped Ricky Ponting when he was on 35 in the first innings costing the team another 107 runs.

1st Test
Geraint Jones scored 52 runs in 2 innings and took 1 catch.
Ashley Giles scored 57 runs in two innings and bowled 30 overs, conceded 113 runs for 1 wicket.

Combined together, FF (Fletcher Favorites) have scored 137 runs for 7 seven dismissals to achieve an average of 19.57 for the batting positions of 7 & 8, combined, have dropped two catches and between them have contributed to 7 dismissals.

Ashley Giles has so far taken 3 wickets @ the cost of 87.33 runs per wicket with a strike rate of 164 balls per wicket i.e. 27.3 over of bowling per wicket, he on average bowls 25 overs per day. This means for Ashely to take a 5 for, he will need to bowl 136.65 overs in a match, as he bowls on average of 25 over per day, he will needs five and a half days to get half of the Australian side out.

Harmison, Anderson and Ashley Giles between them have taken 6 wickets for 853 runs at an average of 142.7, this is 60% of England's bowling attack and their performance, you through in a skipper just coming back from Injury and it will not surprise anyone that England are loosing. Still, the coach blames the batsmen, speak of a blinkered vision.