Might be why he retired, seeing a pie chucker like Bresnan being selected ahead of him recently.
A bit like Carragher in football, it's one thing to have to fight for your place but when rubbish players are picked before you then enough is enough
I think there has to be something to this 'retirement' though, I mean he wasn't exactly playing a lot for England so it sounds like a statement like 'I'm fed up of not being picked' otherwise surely he would have just waited until he was picked again.
He tidied up his figures in all versions of the game for England, except maybe in ODIs he never quite got that average down low enough
RJ Sidebottom
Tests : 313 runs @ 15.65 (HS 31) & 79 wkts @ 28.24 (BB 7/47)
ODIs : 133 runs @ 13.30 (HS 24) & 29 wkts @ 35.83 (BB 3/19)
T20Is : 5 runs @ n/a (HS 5no) & 23 wkts @ 19.00 (BB 3/16)
He played 3/5 of his ODIs against New Zealand and Australia taking 12 wkts @ 55.67, against the rest he took 17 wkts @ 21.82. But still his overall ODI average is better than Yardy (43.93) and Bresnan (38.44) who are pretty much regulars at the moment.
I'd have rather hoped Sidebottom would have toured, left-arm variation and suitable for Tests and ODIs. Maybe that is why he announced his retirement now, to avoid being picked and having to tour in the winter. Couldn't he just have declared himself unavailable and considering retirement? (if that is the case)
