Injuries have put Owen Farrell in mix for Test spot — 12 years after debut
Australians have taken to Pollock just as they took to Darren Gough, the England fast bowler who wore his heart on his sleeve and a smile on his face. The way the Yorkshireman mocked Shane Watson after he had admitted to being scared of ghosts was better than anything in the Aussie sledge book. Pollock is building his own reputation as a wind-up merchant.
Shane Warne used to say that Gough was the only Englishman who would get into the dominant Australia cricket team of the 1990s. Now, there the two Poms differ. Pollock has all the potential in the world, but cannot yet be talked of in those terms. Maybe that will change over the next three weeks — but as he flew into Brisbane on Sunday, his role in the destiny of the Test series against the Wallabies was still to be determined.
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