Fading quicks no Ashes concern

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ENGLAND captain Alastair Cook has denied that his spearhead Jimmy Anderson has hit the wall despite struggling in the past two Tests.

And Cook's counterpart Michael Clarke claimed the leading bowler under his two-year reign as captain, Peter Siddle, was ready to play the fifth Test at the Oval despite fading as the series has progressed.

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After a man of the match performance with 10 wickets in the first Test at Trent Bridge Anderson has claimed just four wickets in his past two Tests.

Likewise Siddle managed just one wicket in the last Test at Chester-le-Street and appeared down on pace.

Anderson, Siddle and Broad all have 17 wickets from four Tests after Broad's man of the match performance in the previous Test, when he claimed 11 of those wickets as Australia lost 8-56.

Ryan Harris is now the leading fast bowler in the series with 20 wickets at just 19 apiece in three Tests. Anderson's average has blown out beyond 31.

"Jimmy hasn't bowled as well as he would have liked over the last two Test matches," Cook said.

"No-one performs like he did at Trent Bridge or Lord's consistently well like that for a huge period of time.

"He's had a couple of Test matches where he's been below his best but there is no reason why he won't come back here in this Test match.

"Obviously physically it is quite hard work for a bowler but our bowling attack has shared it around quite nicely, Jimmy was the star for the first two and obviously Swanny (Graeme Swann) has been there or thereabouts and Broady the last time.

"I think that's got a little to do with form. Form does come and go a little.

"Physically you do get more tired during the series. I think that might be a factor in it.

"But just speaking to him and compared to where he was in 2011 at the World Cup when he genuinely felt physically very tired, when he felt he had hit the wall, he says he's not in the same kind of state. So I would expect him to be back."

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