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[Cover_Drive]

I'd take that Bairstow guy, keep with him and ditch Kieswetter and get that Ayrtek dude James in.

[DBM8]

Alex Hales?

[mattw]

Not sure who to replace Pietersen - possibly RHB. Would like to see Davies in there for Kieswetter, also Luke Wright in there - done very well with the T20 stuff overseas and is a very underrated bowler.

[A-Swing-And-A-Miss]

Cook, Kieswetter/Davies, Trott, RHB, Morgan, Bairstow/Buttler, Patel, Bresnan, Broad, Swann, Finn.

That would be my side without Pietersen, having Bairstow in the team also allows you to potentially put in another pure batsman or an all-rounder instead of Kieswetter/Davies. 

[essexarsenal]

Anyone see James Taylor knock just now on sky !?

[wilkie113]

James Taylor is certainly making a good challenge for the squad lol

[Ayrtek Cricket]

Think the topic can be locked as the question has now been very successfully answered by titch

[tommo256]

Me

[Manormanic]

Depends who else survives - I see the strongest side as  featuring:

Cook
x
Bell
Bopara
x
Bairstow
Patel
Bresnan
Broad
Swann
Anderson/Finn

So Kieswetter probably takes on eof the two slots to keep.  That means either Hales to open or Taylor to bat five I guess....

[wilkie113]

Owais Shah.

[A-Swing-And-A-Miss]

Depends who else survives - I see the strongest side as  featuring:

Cook
x
Bell
Bopara
x
Bairstow
Patel
Bresnan
Broad
Swann
Anderson/Finn

So Kieswetter probably takes on eof the two slots to keep.  That means either Hales to open or Taylor to bat five I guess....

Firstly, Bairstow can keep to a decent standard, so you could infact just put in two pure batsmen instead. Secondly, Bell averages 34.04 at a SR of 73, Bopara averages 30.32 at a SR of 75 while Trott averages 48.31 at a SR of nearly 78. So why would you say Bell and Bopara should be put in the team instead of Trott? I could understand replacing him for someone who scores runs at a fairly fast rate(RHB, Buttler etc.) but to replace one of out highest scoring batsmen with people who average less runs at a lower strike rate is just crazy..

James Taylor very much put his name in the hat with that innings, the only problem I have is the amount of time it took for him to get his eye in and really start scoring, batting in the lower middle order for England means he wont always get 50 odd balls to play himself in so we might need someone who can score runs from the first ball.

[mattw]

Cook (c)
Davies (w)
Bell
Bairstow
Buttler
Wright
Patel
Broad
Swann
Dernbach
Finn

Would be exciting to see something like that.

[wilkie113]

Owais Shah played very well in the IPL I thought, decent fielder, decent bat, can score from the word go

[essexarsenal]

Cook
Trott
Taylor
Bell/Bopara
Bairstow (wk)
Wright
Patel
Bresnan
Swann
Broad
Finn

Kieswetter,Buttler,Proir,Dernbach

[MJB3]

Has Ben Stokes dropped out of the picture at the minute? Wouldn't have him in my team but he's played a few games and must be high in the pecking order

Cook
Hales
Trott
Bell
Taylor
Bairstow
Patel
Bresnan
Broad
Swann
Finn