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[Seniorplayer]

England's batting  reserves are so strong would England  miss Him  if he didn't play and let's not forget Joe  has a reluctant to go aerial
Why risk him picking up an injury playing  this stuff.

[Calzehbhoy]

SR of 133 & average of 40 in T20i's

I think it's fair to say England would miss him!

[Number4]

Well my point has nothing to do with yesterdays game, mine is a long term view.

I've heard he has some sort of back complaint and as a die-hard England fan I want him to play for as long as possible.

MY PERSONAL view of T20's is they are a bit of fun and knockabout, therefore I would be happy for key England personnel who play a lot of games to miss a few of them and get a bit of a rest.

Just my two pennorth and no knee-jerking going on here.

Play him in as many games as possible in as many formats as possible and burn him out... Please 

[alexhilly1492]

root might not be a big hitter but look ta the w/c south africa chase there is no way wed have got anywhere near without root,

hes the sort of player thsat bats for a time and suddenly is 80* off 50 and you dont know how, hes a quality run scorer and manipulates fields and finds boundaries better than anyone else in the england team, this allows other guys such as morgan, roy and billings to attack knowing root will do what root does!

[ppccopener]

Cattus knows as im sure lots of others do Root has a back complaint.

the question of just how much cricket our best players play is a good one, playing him till burn out or he gets injured is just plain stupid.

I think the reason Cat posted this question is because a few of us on here have seen England over 30 or even 40 years, seen batsmen come and go and only now and again do you get someone as good as Root potential is

Gooch, Gower, Kevin Pieterson, Root.......pretty small club that.

personally I think it might depend whether Root is appointed England Captain, I don't believe he will be this year, I think the delay is getting Cook to do another year.

just my opinion 

[petehosk]

Root knows how to play - he has a cricketing brain! If you compare Billings and Root....Billings has the talent to be as destructive as anyone in T20 but he only plays one way, which is pure aggression! Root can be destructive but he can look at a situation and alter his aggression to suit what is required!
If Billings can spend more time learning how to change up and change down (depending on the game situation) from the likes of Root, Morgan and even Buttler, then he could become a truly World Class batsman! 
@Number4 Billings would always be a good player whether playing in BBL or not. But in all seriousness, I think that Jordan has improved his bowling since he has been playing BBL and seems to be bowling with more confidence and consistency! Coincidence? Who knows....and even Broad looks to have improved too since being in BBL! You may have a point mate 

[petehosk]

@Number4 sorry - you were talking about Morgs, not Billings! You may have a point indeed! 

[Seniorplayer]

I think when he gets the test captains job he stop playing T20 as to manage his heailt and fitness
Also if  Cook was not staying as Captain Untill after the austrailian tour an announcement would have been made last week 

[smilley792]

Same 14 players announced for the West Indian odi tour.

Was 15 but hales omitted due to his injury and no replacement added. Tad harsh on duckett no? Or has his time been called already by the English management.

[FattusCattus]

When is the Windies tour, and how many games, do we know?

[rickjames]

3 games in March.

[Seniorplayer]

3rd 5th and 9th 13 .30 start our time.

[rickjames]

Morgan's toss winning skills have been exceptional through this tour, therefore he should keep the captaincy.

[csnew]

Shocking decision by the local ump!

[rickjames]

Ah, poor umpiring with an included lack of DRS in T20Is