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[WalkingWicket37]

I'd be more convinced by the Tubby pie chucker who can at least score some runs

The motives for your 3 hour bat against the bowling machine are becoming clearer... 

[FattusCattus]

Tubby pie chucker

Does nobody else see the irony in this?

[WalkingWicket37]

Does nobody else see the irony in this?

It probably went over Nick's head

[edge]

We don't have to have a specialist no 8 bat, but having an extra batsman does at least benefit the team, whereas having Gareth Batty as specialist fine leg doesn't. If we want solidity to the top order, Moeen is not the answer, so he moves back down the order and does a proper bowling shift rather than filling in.

Cook
Insert opener from lions here
Root
Bairstow
Stokes
Insert promising middle order prospect here
Buttler
Moeen
Woakes/Broad/Ball
Rashid
Anderson

Jog the odd batting spot around if needed/depending on who comes in, but that looks a lot more logical to me. Only downside is I imagine Moeen would take being dropped back down to 8 quite badly...

edited because I can't count.

[Johnny]

@edge ...you've picked 12?

[Johnny]

Really do feel like the selectors have made a Horlicks of this!

Personally I don't know why Mo leapfrogged YJB and Stokes in the first place. His ton in the 1st test makes it look a good decision, but now moving him back again seems preposterous. The fact that YJB is now batting 5 anyway makes it look even more absurd.

Mo at 8 as a bowling all-rounder makes the team look more balanced to me, but still feels wrong now that he's had a stint at 3,4,5

[edge]

@edge ...you've picked 12?

🙈 dammit, all these bowlers confusing me! Lose one of the 3 specialist seamers.

[Johnny]

@edge you only picked 2 specialist seamers..

[edge]

@edge you only picked 2 specialist seamers..

I edited it to take one out, there's 11 now.

[ScottParko]

No was batting too low down not long ago at 8 and now he's batting too high!

News of replacementS in 10 minutes! That capital letter being the key part. Rumour has it Ansari is a goner due to his back problem.

[ppccopener]

BBC have Jennings being called up today.

may be just there as cover someone how I cant see England throwing a new player straight into a test.

[rickjames]

Another left hander...

[ScottParko]

Duckett has tweeted asking if it's cold in England! Looks like he's going home!

[Mr_Orange]

Duckett has tweeted asking if it's cold in England! Looks like he's going home!

I saw this, and he's replied now saying it was only because of the Snapchats he was seeing, not that he was going home.
Great time to put up something like that Ben haha!

[csnew]

Think Duckett Should stay off twitter, clearly not the smartest person. He should retweet that reverse sweep pic again