Wood you dare do it TIME TO DROP JIMMY?

IT WOULD be considered a crime against English cricket.

An act of sporting treason, almost. Dropping Jimmy Anderson, OBE, for a crucial Ashes Test against Australia at Lord’s, the home of cricket?

Leaving our greatest ever wickettaker and icon on the sidelines in favour of someone else?

Head coach Brendon McCullum has proved he isn’t afraid of thinking outside the box since taking charge 13 months ago.

But even the maverick Kiwi might draw the line at turning his back on a national treasure for such a huge game this week.

Yet this is what McCullum must do if he wants to give England the best chance of levelling the series, let alone going on to reclaim the famous urn. He should replace Anderson with the searing pace of Mark Wood. There, I said it.

And McCullum could even dress it up as giving Anderson a rest ahead of the third Test at Headingley, where more swing is expected to be generated.