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[Manormanic]

Taylor is nowhere in terms of test selection and Finn has become a medium pacer!

[Jason_Yuan]

Should be this:
Cook
Trott
Ballance
Bell
Root
Buttler
Stokes
Jordan
Broad
Tredwell/Rashid
Anderson

[Kieron_BT]

On a side note, the Yorkshire squad have certainly taken a battering for the early part of the season loosing 6 players!

[ProCricketer1982]

Should be this:
Cook
Trott
Ballance
Bell
Root
Buttler
Stokes
Jordan
Broad
Tredwell/Rashid
Anderson

No

should be

Lyth
Compton
Trott
Root
KP
Bell
Davies
Stokes
Ali
Wood
Plunkett

[Rob580]

Think this formly shuts the door on Monty, even with Ali injured they still pick Tredwell.

Excellent One Day Bowler. Test match he ain't......

[Manormanic]

On a side note, the Yorkshire squad have certainly taken a battering for the early part of the season loosing 6 players!

Aye that could be an issue!

[uknsaunders]

3 new players in - taken from the bbc website:-

Adil Rashid, 27, played five one-day and five Twenty20 internationals for England in 2009, featuring in the World Twenty20. He was in the Test squad for the tour of West Indies that year, but did not earn a cap. He was recalled to the Lions squad after starring in Yorkshire's 2014 county championship success.
Adam Lyth, 27, was also instrumental in Yorkshire's title-winning side. The Whitby-born left-hander, who had football trials with Manchester City as a teenager, scored six hundreds and six fifties at an average of almost 70 to earn a place on the Lions tour.
Mark Wood, 25, made his first-class debut for Durham in April 2011 after playing minor counties cricket for Northumberland between 2008 and 2010. He impressed during their 2013 and 2014 campaigns but only managed four wickets at 53.25 for England Lions in South Africa.

Full England squad: Alastair Cook (capt, Essex), Adam Lyth (Yorkshire), Jonathan Trott (Warwickshire), Gary Ballance, Joe Root (both Yorkshire), Ian Bell (Warwickshire), Ben Stokes (Durham), Jos Buttler (wk, Lancashire), Jonathan Bairstow (wk), Adil Rashid, Liam Plunkett (all Yorkshire), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), James Anderson (Lancashire), Chris Jordan (Sussex), Mark Wood (Durham), James Tredwell (Kent)

[Buzz]

team will be
Cook
Trott
Ballance
Bell
Root
Stokes
Rashid
Butler
Jorden
Broad
Anderson

I have no idea why the second best kent four day spinner is in the squad. absolutely nuts really.

My fear with this team is it lacks firepower/dynamism to change the course of a game - butler will be batting too low and I worry that when he gets in it will either be bust as we have lost a load of wickets or he will run out of partners. Perhaps he should bat at 6 ahead of stokes and Rashid.

The top 5 really lacks genuine firepower to change the course of a match in a session - which has been a complaint of mine for ages.

All those batters until you get to stokes will allow the bowlers to bowl at them, rather than coming at the bowlers - which, as any bowler knows, means you are already putting yourself under pressure and allowing the bowling side to get on top early. Ask yourself if SA/Aus or India would have such a slow, plod on top order...

It may be better if Lyth opened instead of Cook - but that makes the top order very very inexperienced - losing Trotts 50ish caps

grrrr.

[ProCricketer1982]

team will be
Cook
Trott
Ballance
Bell
Root
Stokes
Rashid
Butler
Jorden
Broad
Anderson

I have no idea why the second best kent four day spinner is in the squad. absolutely nuts really.

My fear with this team is it lacks firepower/dynamism to change the course of a game - butler will be batting too low and I worry that when he gets in it will either be bust as we have lost a load of wickets or he will run out of partners. Perhaps he should bat at 6 ahead of stokes and Rashid.

The top 5 really lacks genuine firepower to change the course of a match in a session - which has been a complaint of mine for ages.

All those batters until you get to stokes will allow the bowlers to bowl at them, rather than coming at the bowlers - which, as any bowler knows, means you are already putting yourself under pressure and allowing the bowling side to get on top early. Ask yourself if SA/Aus or India would have such a slow, plod on top order...

grrrr.

need KP

[Kulli]

No

should be

Lyth
Compton
Trott
Root
KP
Bell
Davies
Stokes
Ali
Wood
Plunkett

is davies even keeping for Surry these days?

[edge]

Such as Mark Footitt?

Eh? The Indian test side I mean!
Seems to be a lot of chat about Footit on here atm, haven't seen him bowl outside of the youtube video someone posted though so no idea really.

Squad looks good to me, although Tredwell is a confusing pick. Hopefully Stokes/Rashid play, guessing the real selection choices will be Plunkett/Wood for third seamer and Lyth vs Trott.

[uknsaunders]

team will be
Cook
Trott
Ballance
Bell
Root
Stokes
Rashid
Butler
Jorden
Broad
Anderson

I have no idea why the second best kent four day spinner is in the squad. absolutely nuts really.

My fear with this team is it lacks firepower/dynamism to change the course of a game - butler will be batting too low and I worry that when he gets in it will either be bust as we have lost a load of wickets or he will run out of partners. Perhaps he should bat at 6 ahead of stokes and Rashid.

The top 5 really lacks genuine firepower to change the course of a match in a session - which has been a complaint of mine for ages.

All those batters until you get to stokes will allow the bowlers to bowl at them, rather than coming at the bowlers - which, as any bowler knows, means you are already putting yourself under pressure and allowing the bowling side to get on top early. Ask yourself if SA/Aus or India would have such a slow, plod on top order...

It may be better if Lyth opened instead of Cook - but that makes the top order very very inexperienced - losing Trotts 50ish caps

grrrr.

You have to play 2 spinners in the Windies (I think we have enough evidence for this by now - pay attention Buzz!) - Tredwell for Jordan. Yes Root can bowl, but remember what happened to Samit last time he turned up in a test match? Root is only ever a third spinner.

To be honest, if we are playing on batting decks then they should of pick Panesar and not Jordon for the squad. Tredders is probably in due to the number of left handers in the windies line up. Gayle, Smith, Bravo, Chanders.

[Number4]

Personally I don't think Ballance could tie a test batsmans shoe lace

[Manormanic]

GAyle won't be playing - he's off to the IPL.

[Manormanic]

Personally I don't think Ballance could tie a test batsmans shoe lace

Aye, he's no Rob Quiney.