I see England are going to "rest" Finn for the ODIs.
BBC Sport - Cricket - England rest Steven Finn for two ODI series
He's young, not sure he should be needing rest and if England want him to go to Australia then he needs a thorough examination because the aussies won't go easy on him. On the one hand I suppose they might want to hide him from the aussies in the ODIs, but on the other hand what better test of his bowling, coping with pressure etc and a chance to put one up the aussies.
I think I'd rather find out if he has the mettle to cause the aussies problems in ODIs than hide him from them. Even if that means he doesn't play all the Tests against Pakistan, who says it has to be played/rested for whole series?!?!?!? Sure you don't want to overwork him, but England seem very one dimensional in their thinking that he should not play at all in a series. There's no limit on squad size, even being in and around the squad will have benefits for him. I mean I wouldn't want him getting injured as a sub fielder, but surely he could play some of the games.
As for rest, the Test finished Sunday (06/06) and the next England match is 19/06 so near enough two weeks. I'm guessing Middlesex will want to play him, I'm guessing England won't want them to. A limit/control of 10 overs in a match surely isn't overwork?!?!? Rest him for the Bangladesh ODIs if you have to rest him at all, play him only on suitable pitches in the Test. Alternate him with Shazhad or something, especially as Broad is going to walk straight back in the side - which is fair enough in ODIs
SCJ Broad (59 ODIs)
338 runs @ 14.70 (HS 45no)
97 wkts @ 25.99 (BB 5/23, SR 30.33, ER 5.14)
I could split that by opponent, but New Zealand and West Indies are decent ODI sides so there isn't a lot of point. He's taken five wickets against Scotland and Bangladesh, not batted against either so those stats for ODIs are fine as are.
Such a shame he can't translate ODI prowess into Tests. That said I believe Flintoff was a top ODI bowler but not nearly as effective as a Test bowler, despite some people's hype.
A FLINTOFF
ODIs (141) : 3394 runs @ 32.02 (100 x3) & 169 wkts @ 24.38 (4wi x8)
Tests (79) : 3845 runs @ 31.78 (100 x5) & 226 wkts @ 32.79 (5wi x3)
Considering he would have had less opportunity to score 100s in ODIs, his rate of scoring them was considerably less disappointing. Same with wicket hauls, extremely disappointing in Tests, eight 5wis in Tests would have been a lot better for someone supposedly "world class". In ODIs you can't deny his figures are very good, those of a frontline bowler and very good ODI batsman. In Tests his figures are those of ordinary batsman and bowler, excuses not accepted. In cricket the stats don't lie, he got his bowling average down to under 34 after 46 Tests and went down by a further RUN in the next 33 Tests ie little improvement. Apart from a handful of really good series, his batting didn't live up to expectations either. In his last six Test series he scored 765 runs @ 26.38 and took 52 wkts @ 37.25. Other bowlers suffered injuries, or are we to believe that every other bowler's figures don't include injury, bad luck etc and Flintoff's do............................. :sarcasm
Broad may well be the next Flintoff, much expectation and not living up to it. I fear he may continue to be mediocre for England, not continue his development as fast and therefore be wasted as a potential all-rounder. His FC bowling average is nothing special, he needs to make a noise for Notts before everyone can make a noise about him
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