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[smilley792]

So who travels. And who doesn't?

Finn just pulled a hammy so he may not travel?
Vince probably shouldn't travel.

Ballance and hales could go either way?

Extra spinners. Rashid will travel, ansari, Patel or Dawson. Who's the third??



Team I'd pick for first game

Cook
Lyth
Root
Ballance
Hales
Stokes
Bairstow
Ali
Woakes
Rashid
Anderson.


Squad

Broad
Patel
Bell
Wood


I also predict I'll be very wrong.

[deanoknight]

Jason Roy I think needs a mention, I would pick him ahead of vince. Also although I don't particularly rate hales in test match cricket I'd rather see him then go back to lyth.

[Buzz]

Here goes... Lots of controversy here...


cook
Hales
Root
Moeen
Bairstow
Stokes
Ansari
Woakes
Rashid
Batty
Broad
Anderson

Plus foakes as spare keeper.
Then ballance as the spare batter
No idea who the spare bowlers would be.

[iand123]

When do they leave for India? I thought it was later towards the end of the year so Finn should recover

[rickjames]

Cook
Moeen (fight me)
Root
Borthwick
Stokes
Bairstow
Ansari
Woakes
Rashid
Broad
Anderson

[WalkingWicket37]

I'd like to see something along the lines of

Cook*
Ansari
Borthwick
Root
Ali
Stokes
Bairstow+
Woakes
Broad
Wood
Anderson

Not sure who will seriously be in contention for a place on the plane would be, but there's a few options for squad players.

Dawson
Patel
Roy
Hales
Buttler
Foakes
Rashid
Ball
Roland Jones

[Biggie Smalls]

Cook
Hales
Borthwick
Root
Moeen
Stokes
Bairstow
Ansari
Woakes
Rashid
Anderson

8 bowling options and batting down to 10.
I actually think England will do ok .

[Johnny]

Root proves himself at 3 and people still think he's better at 4?

I'd like to see YJB at 4 I think, stokes 5 and Mo 6. Can't decide whether YJB could keep the gloves there, or if we should get AN other keeper in. Woakes 8, Rashid 9, Broad 10, Jimmy 11

[Bats_Entertainment]

Here goes... Lots of controversy here...


cook
Hales
Root
Moeen
Bairstow
Stokes
Ansari
Woakes
Rashid
Batty
Broad
Anderson

Plus foakes as spare keeper.
Then ballance as the spare batter
No idea who the spare bowlers would be.

It would be controversial if they fielded 12! But not a million miles from the squad I'd like to see selected.

[Buzz]

True, but I was writing out a 15 man squad and gave up!

[Neon Cricket]

Surprised so many keep leaving Broad out! Broad/Woakes/Anderson are a given regardless.

Personally I'm expecting it to be:

Cook
Hales
Root
Borthwick
Stokes
Bairstow
Moeen
Woakes
Rashid
Broad
Anderson

2 spinners (+ Root/Borthwick), 3 seamers and supposedly bat through to 9 (although not convinced by Rashid's batting or his bowling but we haven't really got any other options)

[Wills]

Cook
Gubbins/Hameed/Burns
Root
Borthwick/Ansari
Bairstow
Stokes
Ali
Woakes
Rashid
Broad
Anderson

And making up the 15: Roy, Ballance, Foakes/Simpson, Wood.

[Batbuddy99]

Listening to the Bayliss interview after the test match today it almost sounds like he took a mini dig at Borthwick, when he mentioned picking people who were getting runs at the right time, so maybe he's further down the pecking order than we think?

[Danny90]

Get Hameed Haseeb in, he should travel at least. Absolute gun

[Felix Tito]

We need to be realistic heading to Bangladesh and India. Most on here seem to have ignored/underestimated Bangladesh. They've improved massively in the last two years and aren't a gimme in home conditions.

James Anderson, since his shoulder stress fracture, has been nothing more than medium pace. We can't afford to carry a single  player if we want to achieve satisfactory results eg avoid we drubbed in India. If Anderson isn't bowling full tilt he doesn't play.

Stuart Broad has a dreadful record in India as well but he has that x factor so I'd pick Broad over Anderson.

Picking Moeen Ali, Scott Borthwick and Zafar Ansari won't get the job done. Average spinners get mauled in Asia.