Well my reading is that they've preferred Curran over Wood. They've packed the batting by playing Woakes. I'm coming to the conclusion that Porter isn't really in the selectors' minds. Does anyone remember Peter Lee of Northants and then Lancs in the mid 1970s. Took loads of championship wickets but never picked? It feels a bit similar to that situation.
Well, bit before my time, but I would argue that the CC was chock full of seamers who performed well season after season, so there always were people stuck in the queue.
Of these, some clearly were unfairly overlooked (JK Lever) perhaps because they played for the wrong team or 'face didn't fit'. However, there are plenty of seamers who got picked but were clearly not as good as their county form suggested. For instance, remember Neal Radford who in the 1980s took 100s of wickets a season benefitting from damp Worcs wickets.
It would appear that Porter has suffered this season from the back injury as well as oppositions targetting him as he's not quite quick enough or doesn't do enough with the ball. He's still done very well from someone who dropped out of the game. There's still time, and I still think he'd be too much like Anderson to have both in the side vying for the new ball and the number 11 spot.
From a county perspective, it'll be rgeat if Team England keep away from him as much as possible in the next season or so. By that time, Cook and Beard might've established themselves (you never know, Quinn might be back as well).
From an individual perspective, this is not a good time to get involved with the England team - poor coaching (with 'jobs for the boys' on the coaching staff, struggling captain, an over-emphasis on the upcoming World Cup, plus the likes of Anderson/Broad seemingling ruling the dressing room.
