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[Manormanic]

I'd stick with him as he has been the class bat in the Championship for three years now and has got a disproportionate number of decent balls. 

[Bats_Entertainment]

There is a school of thought that says Joe Root may yet be an opening bat. I really can't see Moeen Ali in that position.

[shane]

Stick with Lyth, he's only 6 matches into his test career for heavens sake. At this point we should be giving Lyth a guarantee that the openers berth is his through to the end of the series in India in 2016.

[Bats_Entertainment]

I hope they persevere with Lyth. I'm not quite sure what Compton's done to warrant being mentioned so often this summer.

[SLC]

Bring back Compton - dropped after being an early success, on the basis of two very bad games when he played with a broken rib!

[Bats_Entertainment]

Bring back Compton - dropped after being an early success, on the basis of two very bad games when he played with a broken rib!

I agree he was quite harshly treated. But bring him back now? Nah!

[Centurion]

Stick with Lyth. It's his first six test match and he's got out to the best bowler in the world. We know he can perform like he did in New Zealand so stay with him. The last test match he got out to a 95mph ball... no one in the England setup would have layed a bat to that

[Seniorplayer]

Bring back Compton - dropped after being an early success, on the basis of two very bad games when he played with a broken rib!

Without doubt Compton was harshly treated could it be he didn't fit in ?.

[windyroad]

I was always disappointed that he didn't go back to county cricket, make a shed load of runs and force a rethink.

[Manormanic]

Compton made a few cheap runs in easy conditions then clogged the place up - displaying hat was described by his teammates as a selfish attitude in so doing.

Lyth has not scored much but has been dismissed (one awful shot apart) by good balls all series, got a superb ton against a world class attack earlier in the Summer, catches flies in the slips and is clearly liked by his team mates.

Would I think it harsh if he were replaced?  Not massively - but I hope they stick with him.

[Bats_Entertainment]

I've been thinking that, from an England perspective, it's a shame Steve Davies doesn't open the batting for Surrey in four-day cricket. One of the classiest batsmen in the country for sure, and still only 29.

Now I mention it, I'm surprised none of the more 'progressive' (clueless?) amongst us pointed out that Zafar Ansari was a regular opening bat, in the "Who spins?" thread.

[Buzz]

Possibly because I said it in the other thread and not in here as I am not sure it is an option that is likely to happen for many sensible reasons.
I also still believe we need an attacking opening batsman with cook at the top of the order. Zafar is not that. Lyth is having a go at it. Hales is now at 3 for notts, Davies is class and arguably could pinch Roy's opening place for the odi stuff but has never opened the batting for the championship side.

Plus the demands for the UAE is very different to those of the SA tour  straight afterwards. Lyth may just keep his spot as much by default than anything else. Which may be a good thing.

[Bats_Entertainment]

Possibly because I said it in the other thread and not in here as I am not sure it is an option that is likely to happen for many sensible reasons.

I agree it is not a realistic option. And missed that you'd mentioned it in the other thread. But people have suggested more ridiculous things.

Davies has not been spoken of as an England player since he came out. Perhaps it's simply because he no longer keeps wicket?

England will not, and should not, drop Jason Roy from the one-day team.

[Number4]

I think there are more issues than just the opening position. So far in this ashes series England really has only had one decent batsman in Root.. If they face a team who bowls well they will struggle...

It's hard to say as an Aussie but we bowled absolutely terrible. England won the ashes on the back of their bowlers and were only marginally better with the bat than Australia.

I'd be leaving the openers as they are and searching elsewhere for runs...

Just my opinion of course

[Alvaro]

Cook has batted well, in a traditional way. In most games he has left something of a platform - his freak dismissal at Edgbaston was a shame. Omen has looked good, Bairstow did himself out of a hundred and Ian Bell, despite being terminally rubbish (copyright CBF) still has three half centuries. Buttler is the only one who hasn't contributed with the bat, but his keeping has stood up well to the bye factories behind the Aussie stumps.