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[Seniorplayer]

With regard to both balance and Vince  as theres no one else from county cricket banging on the test scene door England should stick with them for the near future.

[alexhilly1492]

Roy is in good form got a few county champ tons in recent weeks could bring him in to bat at 5

[rickjames]

A few? His first of the season was on Thursday. I really don't see him as a solution. Just play Borthwick FFS.

[alexhilly1492]

I thought he hit one he week before or was that in t20?
Borthwick at 5 as an all rounder I agree with too

[WalkingWicket37]

If England win at the Oval and the West Indies avoid a whitewash against India, England will return to the top of the test rankings.
There are a lot of if's and buts in that admittedly, but what a turnaround that would be!

[ppccopener]

If England win at the Oval and the West Indies avoid a whitewash against India, England will return to the top of the test rankings.
There are a lot of if's and buts in that admittedly, but what a turnaround that would be!

Loving that. let's get on the bob marley cocktails cos we got india in the winter. We couldn't win there....or could we?

 

[smilley792]

If England win at the Oval and the West Indies avoid a whitewash against India, England will return to the top of the test rankings.
There are a lot of if's and buts in that admittedly, but what a turnaround that would be!

Lol, going of here and Twitter, who'd have ever thought a team with hales opening, Ballance and Vince in the middle order and Ali as our spinner would have had any chance of being world number 1!

[rickjames]

When you compare it to the side around 2011 they don't look like #1 at all, ha. Rankings are just stupid if we're being completely honest. Holding all the bilateral series would be neat though...

[ppccopener]

Lol, going of here and Twitter, who'd have ever thought a team with hales opening, Ballance and Vince in the middle order and Ali as our spinner would have had any chance of being world number 1!

I think the Aussies are giving us a helping hand on the road to number 1....  Herath is a legend!! we don't care if he's 18 stone and can't run, put the ball in his hand and the aussies don't have a Scooby doo

they are gong down 3-0 . NO side can claim to be number 1 until they have won in Asia

[tim2000s]

When you compare it to the side around 2011 they don't look like #1 at all, ha. Rankings are just stupid if we're being completely honest. Holding all the bilateral series would be neat though...

Surely if you hold all the bi-lateral series then you deserve to be number 1, as it implies that nobody else holds all theirs?

[alexhilly1492]

I think this England side is better than we give them credit for.. To become the first side to hold all bilateral trophies is some achievement and yes we would all probably chose a different 11 but so what we have got 1 test and if all goes well we will be holders of all test trophies available to us! Come on England!!!

[Buzz]

Lol, going of here and Twitter, who'd have ever thought a team with hales opening, Ballance and Vince in the middle order and Ali as our spinner would have had any chance of being world number 1!

True, but once Rashid is in the team we will be the best team in history if you followed Twitter!

I am expecting a fast bouncy oval 5 day road to be prepared by the Surrey groundsman. In the past few years no groundsman has produced pitches to meet the home team requirements on order like they do at the oval.

So with that in mind (zero chance of a dust bowl like we prepare for the Aussies) my ECB source has said we will have an unchanged team (assuming Vince is ok). So Rashid's recent Yorkshire heroics will go unrewarded by the national team again...

Still going to be interesting to see who will put down a marker for the India tour this winter.

[ProCricketer1982]

Lol, going of here and Twitter, who'd have ever thought a team with hales opening, Ballance and Vince in the middle order and Ali as our spinner would have had any chance of being world number 1!

Of course, depends if you beloved these players are worthy of it or whether it's a sad indication of the standard of world cricket I suppose.

[RoCo Da Pixie]

Has everyone seen the nonsense the Pakistani's are saying on social media about ball tampering from the England team?

[ppccopener]

Nope but just googled it and on you tube 'england ball tampering 3rd test 2016' the ball is being given a damn good polish on Roots trousers

Is that it? :-)