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[ppccopener]

Hales is a shocking fielder, like to see England try livingstone as he appears the hardest and longest hitter of the new group of batsmen.

[rickjames]

Love you Tommy, belter of a death bowler

[spoonbed]

Brilliant from TC!

[ppccopener]

We know your Surrey bias but that was superb from Curran, great death bowling

Well done jake ball now he can go off and throw up!!!

[rickjames]

And to think he's gone unsold at the IPL. Absolutely brilliant.

[Seniorplayer]

Brilliant by Curran turned the game should get man of the match

[LateBloomer]

Hales is a shocking fielder, like to see England try livingstone as he appears the hardest and longest hitter of the new group of batsmen.

Who are you dropping for Livingstone?
He might be half decent but this top 6 has fired for the last 2 years so he'll have to do something pretty special to get a game on merit. And Stokes will be back in the side before him aswell

Dominant series from England, even in difficult spells showed plenty of fight and almost won a match from 8-5. Without a doubt the current ODI squad is the best England have had since I started watching cricket in the mid 90s.

For all Australias dominance in the Test series they really looked clueless in this format with no real strategy or identity. Summed up by a couple of panic picks and constant reshuffling of the order. Worth the air fare to witness

[Alvaro]

Livingstone is a significantly better red ball batsman than white ball.

Hales makes international hundreds in the top order, not an easy thing to find. He is also dominant at domestic level like no other in the white ball except perhaps Riki Wessels or Jason Roy.

[LateBloomer]

No Giant hands for the trophy presentation on this occasion - I am shocked Cricket Australia

[petehosk]

So great series and excellent "comeback" from England after a disappointing Test series.
The big question is what is the strongest starting XI? Let's face it, Stokes will be there so without doubt, there will be a reshuffle!!
With the likes of Malan in the squad, plus Curren looking very comfortable at International level, there is some depth to the squad.

So what would be our best XI on both non-spinning and spinning wickets? Mine would look similar to:

Non-Spinning:
Roy
Bairstow
Hales
Root
Morgs
Stokes
Buttler
Ali
Woakes
Plunkett
Wood

1st Reserves:
Bating - Malan
Bowling - Curren

On spinning wicket:
Roy
Bairstow
Hales
Root
Morgs
Stokes
Buttler
Ali
Woakes
Rashid
Wood

1st Reserves:
Batting - Malan 
Bowling - Curren

[Manormanic]

I'm pretty sure that for anything other than really gree English conditions England want to field the same first choice XI - they see Stokes as one of their top five batsmen who just happens to bowl, and like to have the sixth frontline bowling option.  So:

Roy
Bairstow
Root
Morgan
Stokes
Buttler
Ali
Woakes
Plunkett
Rashid
Wood/Willey (that one is for Brucie!)

That leaves Hales, Malan, Curran and Billings to make up the squad.  In very green conditions, Ali drops out for Hales.

[Buzz]

I agree the the above team is the first choice, although you may see Stokes at 3 with Root and Morgan at 4 and 5.

[rickjames]

Stokes at 3? What?

[Manormanic]

It's not as daft as it sounds actually. Root is our one innings builder, and looked excellent coming in at four in Australia.

[petehosk]

I'd be surprised if they dropped Hales!
I know he isn't in great form but I'm sure it will improve again.
Nice position to be in with them fighting for places