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[FattusCattus]

With the trip to Sri Lanka expecting to give a few fringe players an audition for a spot, it feels like you can perm a variety of XI's from the players in the mix.

Assuming everyone is fit - how do you get an starting line up from our 'talent'?

Unless I'm missing people, the batters seem to be -

Cook
Hales
Root
Moeen
Morgan
Bopara
Taylor
Bell


All Rounders -

Stokes
Buttler


Bowlers -

Gurney
Anderson
Broad
Woakes
Jordan
Finn
Tredwell


Not sure how you get a team out of that lot - but here is mine (and yes - I did mean to leave Jimmy out, and I'm assuming that Cook has to play!)

Cook
Hales
Moeen
Root
Morgan
Butler
Bopara
Woakes
Broad
Jordan
Finn



NB - personally I would leave Cook out for Bell, and use a spinner who can turn the ball away from the right-hander.

[jwebber86]

i dont think you are too far off there fattus.

i can see tredwell playing so they have 2 spinners because its in sri lanka, he would replace woakes or jordan i reckon

[smilley792]

Hales
Root
Trott
Morgan
Taylor
Billings
Buttler
Tredwell/stokes
Broad
Finn
Anderson


Dependant on how confident you are for root and trott to share ten overs, you may have to swap trott or billings for moeen, dependant on if you want to be more attacking, or just use overs up.
if it wasn't for the need off bowlers, I'd open with Roy and move root to 3.

[rahul_1987]

Hales
Root
Taylor
Morgan(C)
Moeen
Bopara
Buttler
Stokes
Tredwell
Broad
Anderson

Plenty of Bowling and batting options

[Alvaro]

England are done in by their own conditions?

Too much ball jiggery buggery means that crashing from ball one is rarely on, so can't keep pace with rotw?

[WalkingWicket37]

Think they're likely to go with

Cook
Hales
Bell
Root
Morgan
Moeen
Buttler
Woakes/Stokes
Jordan
Broad
Tredwell


Personally I'd like to see

Hales
Carberry
Taylor
Root
Morgan *
Buttlet +
Moeen
Stokes
Jordan
Briggs
Finn

[Sam]

Woakes over Stokes at the moment on current form I think.

[WalkingWicket37]

Woakes over Stokes at the moment on current form I think.

You high??
Haha

[Sam]

You high??
Haha

I've just checked the seasons stats and am beginning to think I might be....

I swear Woakes had a really good limited overs season and I was very impressed with him...

[Alvaro]

Woakes is a really good cricketer. Most reassuring death bowler England have had in a while

[FattusCattus]

Have a look at Stokes ODI form - it's poo! He's a much better test prospect.

[WalkingWicket37]

Have a look at Stokes ODI form - it's poo! He's a much better test prospect.

I'd have him playing all 3 formats as a regular (and that's not just because I have a weird man crush on him)!

[Sam]

Will we take a backup keeper to the WC?

[WalkingWicket37]

Will we take a backup keeper to the WC?

Ron Weasley will probably go to carry the drinks.

[smilley792]

Will we take a backup keeper to the WC?

Billings........