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[Sam]

I think Taylors going to get into the squad  as long as he does ok in CC this year given his form for the lions in Sri Lanka. Did Ballance not get selected for the Lions tour thinking about it now  ?

[smilley792]

I think Taylors going to get into the squad  as long as he does ok in CC this year given his form for the lions in Sri Lanka. Did Ballance not get selected for the Lions tour thinking about it now  ?

Balance is already current test squad is he not? He certainly played last few ashes tests.

[nudgemaster]

Balance is already current test squad is he not? He certainly played last few ashes tests.

Ballance was not in the squad to tour west indies:

The test squad was:

Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire, captain)**
Eoin Morgan (Middlesex, vice-captain)
Moeen Ali (Worcestershire)
Ravi Bopara (Essex)
Tim Bresnan (Yorkshire)
Jos Buttler (Lancashire)
Jade Dernbach (Surrey)
Harry Gurney (Nottinghamshire)
Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire)
Chris Jordan (Sussex)
Michael Lumb (Nottinghamshire)
Stephen Parry (Lancashire)
Joe Root (Yorkshire)*
Ben Stokes (Durham)
James Tredwell (Kent)
Luke Wright (Sussex)

Ian Bell (Warwickshire) - added to the squad on March 1 as cover from Morgan and Hales

Ballance more limited overs than test player for me.

[Sam]

Ah yes, forgot about that, he only played one though didn't he I though.

Edit : I'd be worried if that was our test squad  .

So what's everyones guess for our lineup/squad for the first test then?

[nudgemaster]

Ah yes, forgot about that, he only played one though didn't he I though.

Edit : I'd be worried if that was our test squad  .

So what's everyones guess for our lineup/squad for the first test then?

As long as Dernbach is not included then I will be happy!!

[Sam]

Who's going to win the race to the first 150? Vince is favourite at the rate he's storming along at.

[nudgemaster]

Who's going to win the race to the first 150? Vince is favourite at the rate he's storming along at.

Vince or Robson!!!??

[smilley792]

Ballance was not in the squad to tour west indies:

The test squad was:

Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire, captain)**
Eoin Morgan (Middlesex, vice-captain)
Moeen Ali (Worcestershire)
Ravi Bopara (Essex)
Tim Bresnan (Yorkshire)
Jos Buttler (Lancashire)
Jade Dernbach (Surrey)
Harry Gurney (Nottinghamshire)
Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire)
Chris Jordan (Sussex)
Michael Lumb (Nottinghamshire)
Stephen Parry (Lancashire)
Joe Root (Yorkshire)*
Ben Stokes (Durham)
James Tredwell (Kent)
Luke Wright (Sussex)

Ian Bell (Warwickshire) - added to the squad on March 1 as cover from Morgan and Hales

Ballance more limited overs than test player for me.

Dude the above squad was for odi and t20 World Cup. Sod all todo with tests.

[Sam]

Vince out on 144! 98 of the runs from boundaries!

[joeljonno]

Balance was in full squad for winter tour. England Didn't play tests against Windies.


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[nudgemaster]

Ups sorry smiley is right!!!!

Stupid me!!!!

[El Nino]

Robson is so far ahead of anyone else it's not funny

And yesterday confirmed this.

I'm purely talking about the openers role btw, I'd love to see Moeen slot into the squad as middle order cover

Cook
Robson
Trott
Bell
Root
Stokes
Prior / Bairstow
Bresnan / Finn
Broad
Anderson
Panesar


Depth
Ali
Ballance
Morgan
Compton
Carberry
Taylor

Finn can definitely get back to where he was pre getting the yips in Aus, and Broad is more than capable at batting at 8. Prior is the much better player over Bairstow but I'm sure the selectors will try persist with Bairstow through this rebuild

[Neon Cricket]

Can't see Trott playing at the moment, after everything that happened along with his poor start to the season - better off playing Ali, Taylor or Compton IMO

[treefeller]

From the sounds of it Trott is still struggling against the short ball so you'd think he'd need to sort that out first, it'd be nice to see someone else get a chance as well.

[Elsi]

Chris Jordon giving Trott a horrid time with the short stuff while Sam Robson and Steven Finn are having a fantastic start to the season!