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[Felix Tito]

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!

Stokes is a shocking player of spin bowling as he showed when we went to the Caribbean. He's shouldn't be up at 5. Probably Moeen deserves to bat at 5 after how he played Shah(although Shah isn't a big turner).

[sanredrose]

It would interesting to see English batting line up for Asia tour. Waiting to see who stays and who goes ...

[brokenbat]

Why do people not like Bell? He is a class act, and is WAAAY better than Hales, Balance, Lyth, Vince, Compton put together. So what if he's not "young"?

[Felix Tito]

Why do people not like Bell? He is a class act, and is WAAAY better than Hales, Balance, Lyth, Vince, Compton put together. So what if he's not "young"?

Bell can't play spin...bit of a problem when India will be serving up sandpiits

[ProCricketer1982]

Bell can't play spin...bit of a problem when India will be serving up sandpiits

The rest can't play spin or bog standard test bowling either though 🏏🏏🏏🏏

[WalkingWicket37]

The rest can't play spin or bog standard test bowling either though 🏏🏏🏏🏏

Yawn...

[ppccopener]

Bell can't play spin...bit of a problem when India will be serving up sandpiits

for someone who 'can't play spin' he has got an awful lot of test runs. Yes he can be a frustrating player and I know he had a very bad run prior to being dropped.

You can only pick the best available, if your looking for a middle order player and your choice is Bell,Vince or Balance which one would you pick?

maybe he could open in place of the Goon(Hales)

we need to get away from he's too old in this Country....god knows Pakistan just showed us the way, i'm with @brokenbat

 

[ProCricketer1982]

Yawn...

Remind me how well England bat? Yawn as much as you like but it's true. Accept it

[Felix Tito]

for someone who 'can't play spin' he has got an awful lot of test runs. Yes he can be a frustrating player and I know he had a very bad run prior to being dropped.

You can only pick the best available, if your looking for a middle order player and your choice is Bell,Vince or Balance which one would you pick?

maybe he could open in place of the Goon(Hales)

we need to get away from he's too old in this Country....god knows Pakistan just showed us the way, i'm with @brokenbat

 

Scoring 'a lot of Test runs' isn't the discussion. We are going to play on square turners and Bell's been exposed in those conditions far too many times already.

[roco]

mine

Cook
Hales (not sure who is out there that is better but not convinced he is long term solution0
Rooooooooooooooooot
Borthwick
Moeen
Stokes
Bairstow
Woakes
Rashid
Anderson
Broad

Or

Cook
Hales
Root
Bairstow
moeen
stokes
butler
woakes
Rashid
Anderson
Broad

Good options for spin and seam

maybe take Bell for cover as he is doing ok and not many out performing him in CC
Take wood as cover depending on fitness
Maybe one of these young spinners as seen a few young leggies about but can't remember their names

[Felix Tito]

I think Daniel Bell-Drummond should be a serious contender for the openers berth. Granted he plays in the unfavourable div2 but DBD has been improving all the time. The biggest thing in DBD favour is he's an actual opening batsman. And he showed last summer against the touring Australians he can mix it with the big boy. His rapid 126 after a first innings duck was incredible. At 23 years old he could easily secure the openers berth for the 10-12 years.

[Bats_Entertainment]

'Why won't England pick Alex Hales?' and all that..

[jamielsn15]

1. Cook
2. Hales (not a fan of his visit to the officials mid game, but he may enjoy flatter tracks and we'll know by the end of the winter if he's cut out - just about done enough for me)
3. Root
4. Bell (No ones stood up and demanded to be picked.  Bell is a known quantity - proven test quality player and surely that's what we're looking for?  A better bet than  Vince or Ballance - he'd have scored more runs than both this summer.  Why throw new younger players in if you're not sure they're ready?  If you think they are great, if not, take 2 or 3 for the trip and the experience.  At least by the end of the tour you'll know if Bell is done.  If he isn't, you've likely got a guy in form with 8000 test runs and 20+ test tons.  In ashes year).  Plus he could open and may do better at 2 in asia...
5. Ali
6. Bairstow (wk)
7. Stokes
8. Woakes
9. Rashid
10. Broad
11. Anderson

As it stands right now, that's the team I'd play, doors open to anyone scoring runs for fun in mid-late august and booking a place at 2 or 4...

[uknsaunders]

Telegraph touting Jack Leach from Somerset. Apparantly he was bowling alot at the Oval against the England players. Might simply be a case of 1+1=3.

Watching Bell in the UAE was painful and he has had his struggles in Asia. Not a bad shout as an opener in Asia, he has done it before.

If you want a batsman with a great track record in asia then look no further than KP...

[Batbuddy99]

Somerset's jack leach bring talked about as a potential third spinner in the squad

Granted the link was seen on the m&h Facebook page but still being talked about

Edit nick beat me to it