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[Kal]

I can see the reasoning for choosing Read or Foster. However if England are serious about the attractive brand of cricket they want to play, then it has to be Butler all the way.

[ProCricketer1982]

Sad to see prior leave like this. He's been a top servant for England and one of the key reasons the team reached no:1

[jwebber86]

as much as i would love to see Read or Foster play i just cant see it happening i think kieswetter would have more chance if he wasn't injured.

Buttler is a nailed on certainty i also think they should make eoin morgan one day captain and bring him back into the test side

[Seniorplayer]

Look to the future select Buttler

[ProCricketer1982]

Look to the future select Buttler

He's a crap keeper!!

[petehosk]

Foster for me.

There is no better gloveman right now.

He will also do well against the types of bowling India have. He struggles against the really quick stuff.

I would go for Foster too as his glovework is some of the best anywhere!
Buttler or one of the other younger guys has to be the future but there should be a transition period!!
Plus with all the stress and issues with England, it's not the ideal time to introduce Buttler into this pressure cooker! Someone like Foster (or Read) would have the experience/mentality to deal with it better!

[potzy248]

Another Englishman stepping away from cricket...

[King pair]

Chris read has had some top knocks this year, he isn't a bad batter. He's not prior, but he's the man for the job. A year ago I'd have said Steven Davies but he's really gone AWOL this year

[mdg20]

Davies timing in taking a sabbatical from Keeping couldn't have been any worse. To top it all he's now stopped scoring runs. As King Pair said a year ago Davies would have got the gig by a country mile.

I think we go with the best gloveman - forget whether he bats or not, it makes no difference given how terrible we are at batting anyway. Who that is though

[cricketbadger]

Unfortunately, there's no way they'll look past Butler, after calling him up earlier, he's next in line by the looks I things. And I think it stinks. He's not in the top 5 keepers in England, but yet he's first in line, how does that work out? I don't care how old foster and read are, if they're good enough, they're young enough, simples. Look at Chris Rogers, didn't do too badly.

[cricketbadger]

Oh and they're both good leaders, something the team is lacking

[Jenko]

Do you think he walked away willingly? Got a tap on the shoulder, or saw the writing in the wall?

How old is he, will this be the end of him as England's keeper?

[iand123]

If my memory serves me right wasn't prior a relatively poor keeper when he was given the nod to play for England?

[mdg20]

If my memory serves me right wasn't prior a relatively poor keeper when he was given the nod to play for England?

He wasn't amazing but he was a proper keeper. It was his batting they got him ahead of Ambrose but he he has always been a keeper. Unlike Buttler who is a batsmen who wears a pair of keeping gloves

[iand123]

He wasn't amazing but he was a proper keeper. It was his batting they got him ahead of Ambrose but he he has always been a keeper. Unlike Buttler who is a batsmen who wears a pair of keeping gloves

Ah ok fair enough