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Cook , Hales , Root , ? , Stokes , Bairstow , Ali , Woakes , Rashid , Broad , Anderson .
Or
Cook , Hales , Root , ? , ? , Stokes , Bairstow, Ali , Woakes , Broad , Anderson
Or
Cook , Hales , Root , ? , ? , Stokes , Bairstow , Woakes , Rashid , Broad , Anderson
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Cook, Hales , Root , ? , Stokes , Bairstow, Woakes , Rashid , Broad , Ball (/Wood when bowled enough overs) , Anderson
Or ?
I keep hearing Borthwick , Bell , and not much else in terms of alternatives to Vince and Ballance . What other candidates are out there ? Please inform me . One thing I keep thinking is ' England need to decide whether Ali is one of the top six batsmen or not , because it's becoming more evident that he surely isn't the number one spinner / one of the top four bowlers'. I watch him and think it would be great to have him in a test team , but his batting would have to warrant selection and his bowling considered an added bonus when required.
The other thing I keep thinking is that I can't wait for Pakistan to get out here to Oz for the tests this coming summer . They will be tough .