By Admin 
England’s legendary fast bowler James Anderson is facing heavy trolling on social media these days. The reason is his selected all-time Ashes XI, in which he took many surprising decisions. The biggest controversy occurred when Anderson gave the responsibility of wicketkeeper in his team to former Australian captain and legendary batsman Ricky Ponting.
Ruckus over Anderson’s all-time Ashes team
Anderson chose his Ashes XI during a conversation on TNT Sports. In this he made a mistake. He did not include any real wicketkeeper in the team. When his mistake was mentioned, Anderson said, “I will give the gloves to Ricky Ponting.”
Cricket fans were stunned to hear this. Ponting never did wicketkeeping during his professional cricket. Ricky Ponting has been one of the greatest batsmen and fielders in the world. He played this role a few times at the club level, but at the international level he was never seen as a ‘keeper.
English legend targeted by trolls
When this video went viral, fans had a lot of fun with Anderson’s mistake.
One fan wrote, “Who will do the keeping in the team?”
Another user jokingly said, “The best fielder in the world was caught keeping. Amazing!”
The level of trolling increased so much that TNT Sports later removed this video from social media.
Another surprising decision
Anderson did not stop here. He took another shocking decision in the team. Anderson sent Sir Don Bradman to open. Whereas Bradman’s entire career is a witness to the fact that he batted at number 3 in most of the matches and maintained his great average of 99.94. This decision also upset the fans and they again targeted Anderson.
England returns to the ongoing Ashes series
Here, in the current Ashes series, England has made a good start in the second test. In the first innings at Brisbane’s Gabba ground, the team has scored 334 runs on the first day. Joe Root remained unbeaten after scoring 138 runs. Jack Crawley played an important inning of 76 runs. In the end Joffra Archer also contributed 38 runs.
This strong comeback of England after losing the first match by 8 wickets is being said to boost the morale of the team. Australia has started its innings and 2 wickets of the team have fallen.