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[FattusCattus]

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

Very easy to state what's wrong - trying putting it right by suggesting who should play in their place?

[Alvaro]

Anyone got Monty's number?

I'm most worried about making enough runs, rather than taking wickets. Broad, Anderson and Stokes bowl very good cutters.

[Bats_Entertainment]

Anyone got Monty's number?

Monty would have to be good enough to get in Northamptonshire's first XI first?  I rate Gareth Batty as the best spin bowler in the country.

[rickjames]

Panesar is due to spend the winter in Australia

[Bats_Entertainment]

A team similar to Buzz's.

Cook
Hales
Root
Ali
Bairstow
Stokes
Foakes
Woakes
Rashid/ Batty
Broad
Anderson

Does anyone know if Ben Foakes was practising with England at The Oval? He's not playing in Surrey's current match and Sky showed him in the crowd. Also I spotted Bruce French at Surrey's game at Lord's last week - strange because England were at Edgbaston.

[rickjames]

Foakes has some kind of illness/injury. Also if you take the gloves off Bairstow you take a huge chunk out of his confidence which will have an effect on his batting. His keeping this series has improved and I don't see Bayliss making that change either.

Also I still can't help but feel the tour of Bangladesh will get called off

[Neon Cricket]

Also I still can't help but feel the tour of Bangladesh will get called off

It'll end up being played in the UAE, amazed they haven't moved it already to be honest!

[Bats_Entertainment]

Foakes has some kind of illness/injury. Also if you take the gloves off Bairstow you take a huge chunk out of his confidence which will have an effect on his batting. His keeping this series has improved and I don't see Bayliss making that change either.

Also I still can't help but feel the tour of Bangladesh will get called off

Thanks for clearing that up. It was pure speculation - badly informed, it seems!

I know where you are coming from in saying it would be dangerous to knock Bairstow's confidence. But I have also heard it said that Bayliss likes the best gloveman.

I'm surprised Buttler is off so many people's radar.

[rickjames]

BCB are adamant they won't move it. If anything I don't mind too much if it gives our test players an extended break.

Strauss is sacking the selectors as well, right?

[Bats_Entertainment]

Interestingly, a few weeks ago I overheard a conversation in which several Yorkshire players were telling their new overseas, Travis Head, that Andrew Hodd was widely regarded as the third best gloveman on the county circuit (behind Foster and Read).

[Alvaro]

A team similar to Buzz's.

Cook
Hales
Root
Ali
Bairstow
Stokes
Foakes
Woakes
Rashid/ Batty
Broad
Anderson

Does anyone know if Ben Foakes was practising with England at The Oval? He's not playing in Surrey's current match and Sky showed him in the crowd. Also I spotted Bruce French at Surrey's game at Lord's last week - strange because England were at Edgbaston.

I can hardly wait for that middle order. What wonderful lyricism it shall have!

Hodd is a good glovem an. I think he wears unbranded custom gloves which must be a good sign. Can't bat though.

[ppccopener]

From what I read and heard from Bayliss he wanted butler in as a batsman for this series, he didn't get his way so maybe there will be some reshuffling of the selectors roles. Jos got injured anyway...

Sounds like Bayliss thinks butler is so talented he could play alongside bairstow in the same team.
I still think at least one of the batsmen will make way for him (in the tests)

[Bats_Entertainment]

I can hardly wait for that middle order. What wonderful lyricism it shall have!

Hodd is a good glovem an. I think he wears unbranded custom gloves which must be a good sign. Can't bat though.

Without wishing to jump the gun, I did alert people to the possibility of this rhyming loveliness happening, some time ago.

I had noticed Hodd's gloves. Who makes them?

[uknsaunders]

My team

Cook
Duckett
Root
Bairstow
Stokes
Ali
Ansari
Woakes
Rashid
Broad
Anderson

Take Butler, Wood,  Jennings, Northeast, samit

Won't need more than five seamers in Asia. Might as well play a load of allrounders as are, specialist batsman are useless (ballance/vince/hales)  and if we have to take some then give youth a chance,  nothing to lose. Added Samit to my list as he's gone OK with the ball and has got some runs in Asia. If they prepare square turners then even Samit might get it off the straight!

[Felix Tito]

Very easy to state what's wrong - trying putting it right by suggesting who should play in their place?

Simon Kerrigan and Gareth Batty. Kerrigan spins the ball more than India's SLA Jadeja. Batty is a wily and crafty veteran and he's never gonna back down from anyone.