Ashes 2013: England torn between Steven Finn and Chris Tremlett for final Test against Australia at the Oval "The motivation of playing for England again has always kept me going, even though I've had some dark and testing times coming back from injury," Tremlett said before England's practice session at the Oval on Monday. Obviously it was really frustrating to be injured after the success I had against Australia, Sri Lanka and India, but I'm still looking to be the same type of bowler as before. Some of the pitches have been slow so it might not have showed the ball carrying through, but the bounciest pitch I've played on this year was at Headingley and it showed me that I can still be that bowler. England will probably want someone a bit more adaptable to conditions. The Oval isTremlett's home ground but he has played little four-day cricket here this season. Even when he has, his figures have been nothing special, though as he pointed out, the pitch here is slower now than it was 10 years ago when, along with Old Trafford, it was the quickest in the country. Finn is not so reliant on bounce in the pitches, though at 6ft 8in he would not eschew it. His problem, and the reason he was dropped for the second Test, has been a lack of consistency and control, something even 90mph bowlers need at this level. His problem area was narrowed to his run-up, which he shortened, but to no avail. When he returned to his long one he found he was reaching peak speed too early (he is a fine athlete) and slowing down as he hit the crease. Back at Middlesex they got him accelerating into his delivery stride and running in straight lines, something that had previously eluded him with his obsession of getting in close to the stumps. It seems to have worked too, his two first-class games for the county yielding nine wickets. At Monday's practice both Finn and Tremlett bowled in the same net (though not at the same time), with the Middlesex man looking the more impressive in terms of pace and carry. The pitch at the Oval rarely offers much seam movement, so pace and aggression are important. If the Test were starting this morning, Finn would have the edge. Australia look certain to pick their fastest bowler, Mitchell Starc, despite dropping him for Jackson Bird in the last Test and Ryan Harris at Lord's. When teams are under pressure, as Australia have been, they tend to opt for the safe option - the line and length of Bird opposed to the virtuoso swing of Starc. Like Finn, Starc has suffered from a lack of consistency, a point he feels is difficult to address if the selectors keep dropping him. "To have chance at the consistency that everyone talks about, well, it's a bit hard when you play one game and you're dropped," he said. He has a point, and if he is picked for this final Test it will conclude a pattern in which he has played one, then missed one of the past nine Tests. His absences were not just a result of being dropped but of a rotation policy brought in under Mickey Arthur. Resting players from Tests remains controversial and the policy was given short shrift by Australia's vice-captain, Brad Haddin. "There's no point talking about resting a guy, or giving a guy a break when we're not winning," Haddin said. I don't think rest should come into consideration. You're playing for Australia - guys wait years and years to get this crack. Ask Chris Rogers if he wants to be rested.