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[Seniorplayer]

Should have been Roy instead of Ali hope I am wrong but Ali will struggle against the new ball.

[Bowlers Name Please]

Roy should definitely open in my opinion, also Taylor needs a good run in the side (poor he's been overlooked in the past).  Would like to see the gloves thrown to Billings as well at some point in the future to test him.

[rickjames]

Also Roy's form the last 6 weeks or so has been excellent particularly in the shorter format. Maybe tomorrow's one day game against Kent can help.

Also he had the highest innings in the Blast from an Englishman, correct? Seeing that 121no was fun

[ScottParko]

Morgs has had time off from middx as he's hit a bad trot, so maybe they think a break will work.

England should persist with Jason Roy. You can't get 12 in the team but we really should have a look at this guy

and he's from Surrey 

Going my your last selection point we should look at Stoneman because he's from Durham haha!

Roy definitely deserves a start and for me should just slot in at 3 where Root was, with the same openers as NZ!

[TangoWhiskey]

Roy should definitely open in my opinion, also Taylor needs a good run in the side (poor he's been overlooked in the past).  Would like to see the gloves thrown to Billings as well at some point in the future to test him.

Yeah I did find it bizarre that when Buttler had the injury they called up Bairstow and gave him the gloves instead of Billings. Obviously it worked but still was an odd decision as they could have slotted James Taylor in for Buttler and given the gloves to Billings which would have been my approach.

[ppccopener]

Going my your last selection point we should look at Stoneman because he's from Durham haha!

Roy definitely deserves a start and for me should just slot in at 3 where Root was, with the same openers as NZ!

haha that was my little joke for Buzz about Roy being from Surrey!

actually I think Roy has serious talent, you have got to give him a go to see if he can settle against intl bowling, we want to play an aggressive style now and he is one of them that can do it.Hales is another.

As for Stoneman(I presume yr a durham supporter!) :-) he maybe in the selectors thoughts.Not sure how we will select for the UAE.Hales I think will go. I don't think Hales will be a Test player myself and who knows if Lyth gets another chance. I would say there is still a space for a permanent opener(tests)- we cant keep chopping and changing...they might look past county runs like they did with Vaughan and tresco??

[21wilsonj]

I think a team of
Roy
Hales
Taylor
Buttler
Ali
Stokes
Billings wk
Willey
Rashid
Wood/Woakes
Finn
would be our best option

[Giraffe208]

I think a team of
Roy
Hales
Taylor
Buttler
Ali
Stokes
Billings wk
Willey
Rashid
Wood/Woakes
Finn
would be our best option

Who will captain now you've taken Morgan out?

[King pair]

Who will captain now you've taken Morgan out?

Taylor

[ppccopener]

taylor captained when Morgan missed some England games for the IPL, and then Taylor didn't get picked again once Moores was out.

It's a bit odd.....may be nothing other than England's current management don't think he has quite got it- same deja vu with the couple of tests he played.

He's a good player for sure, numbers are good.does'nt get much of a run in the team thou. If he doesn't get picked against Australia they have prob drawn a line under his name

[northernboy1987]

If Taylor "gets a line drawn under his name" I'm going to live on a desert island far away from the rest of humanity haha

[ppccopener]

If Taylor "gets a line drawn under his name" I'm going to live on a desert island far away from the rest of humanity haha

haha... but Enlgand don't fancy this guy do they? look at his test and one career.....he went thru an absolute purple patch and still they were reluctant to give him a run. He played tests against SA then got left out.

He's played one dayers, skippering in Morgan's absence, then get in the squad after a change of management and not in the 11.

Do you think he will play against Australia?

[northernboy1987]

haha... but Enlgand don't fancy this guy do they? look at his test and one career.....he went thru an absolute purple patch and still they were reluctant to give him a run. He played tests against SA then got left out.

He's played one dayers, skippering in Morgan's absence, then get in the squad after a change of management and not in the 11.

Do you think he will play against Australia?

Don't know, I think he should just slot directly into the slot made available by resting Root but I get the feeling that it might go to Ali instead. I just don't understand what James Taylor has ever done wrong, I mean has he slept with a selectors wife or something?

[ppccopener]

she would have to be fairly short if so

[northernboy1987]

she would have to be fairly short if so

We're all the same height lying down haha