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That is not what I said. I said I hope he does well. I think its a tough debut

If he does well, then Hameed will have to wait his turn to get back in rhe side,  Or bat down the order. It would be a nice problem to have.

Of course it will be tough. It was tough for Hameed and Duckett.

[Johnny]

If Jennings performs then stick him in the middle order once Hameed is fit again

[Bats_Entertainment]

I've not seen Keaton Jennings bat.

[ScottParko]

If Jennings performs then stick him in the middle order once Hameed is fit again

Why?

[petehosk]

Jack Leach should have gone IMHO

Evidently Chris Rogers stated that Leach is not quite ready mentally yet, whatever that means!?

Could it be possible, looking into the further with a lots of ifs and buts that we could have three openers for 2 spots and cook misses out?

If his form drops and has stepped down from skipper with hammeed proving himself at this level pretty much already and Jennings comes in and does really wel that by the end of the English summer our openers will be hammeed and Jennings?

If Jennings proves a worthy and talented top order batsman, then how about we have the top 4 of Cook, Hameed, Jennings, Root once Hameed is repaired?
Why at him anywhere but the top order! We have been saying that we only seem to have 3 of the top 4 we are happy with at the moment? So IF Jennings is decent, we can ink in the following:

Cook
Hameed
Jennings
Root
Ali
Stokes
Bairstow
Woakes (or Butler/Duckett if batsman needed)
Wood/Ball (if pace) Rashid/Dawson/Leach,etc (if spin)
Broad
Anderson

[billyb]

Say Jennings does well, wouldn't Hameed, Jennings, Cook, Root make more sense?
This will be sacrilege to some of you, but before you get your swords out...

Cook is an excellent batsman but has struggled at the top of the order lately, yet his strike rate has risen significantly in the past year. He knows his game very well, and perhaps it is time (with an eye to the future), to settle into a more comfortable berth slightly lower down the order where he can pile on the runs (and add some spine), while Hameed and Jennings become the partnership for the future.

Regardless, this relies on Jennings doing well.

I just wonder if we are getting the most out of Cook right now- if he stays captain after this series then him dropping down the order might make sense, whilst if he goes then opening makes more sense...

Hameed
Jennings
Cook
Root
Bairstow
Stokes
Ali
Buttler
Woakes/Wood/Rashid
Broad
Anderson

[Buzz]

Moving Cook to three is sensible, you could have root at three and cook at 4 too.
Fingers crossed Jennings does well, he has a very good technique to the quicks. No idea about spin though

[Seniorplayer]

Not really bothered who, Duckett/Hales/Lyth. My only thought is, Jennings scores a hundred. Does well, you've either then got to drop Hameed or drop the guy who just scored a hundred. Which is why I suggested a stop gap.

The flip side of that, Jennings has got a really tough job. Go to India, best team in the world at present, mid way through a series 2 - 0 down. If he fails, you've knocked his confidence. If you wanna blood a young lad I would prefer to do it against a weaker test side in England.

Either way is irrelevant now, hope he does well.

Without doubt it's a tough ask but England found
 Cook by  calling him up from the lions to open in India as a replacement for Trescothick

[Bats_Entertainment]

I think everyone"s getting way ahead of themselves again!

[six and out]

I think everyone"s getting way ahead of themselves again!

isn't that what the 'CBF Selection Panel' is all about 

[Bats_Entertainment]

Without doubt it's a tough ask but England found
 Cook by  calling him up from the lions to open in India as a replacement for Trescothick

They didn't really find him. Everyone knew the openers spot had his name on it once there was a vacancy.

11000 runs later, I'm reading he might not actually be an opening bat!

[Seniorplayer]

They didn't really find him. Everyone knew the openers spot had his name on it once there was a vacancy.

11000 runs later, I'm reading he might not actually be an opening bat!

Well he still had to prove he could step up!

[cricketbadger]

11000 runs later and people now decide Cook is a number 3. Mind blown

[alexhilly1492]

I think it's more a case of how so we get 11000 test runs in if we have hammeed and Jennings playing well, cook is probably the better player to move than the other two!

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