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[19reading87]

I think it will be....

1 - Cook
2 - Stoneman/Jennings/Burns
3 - Vince
4 - Root
5 - Malan
6 - Stokes
7 - Bairstow
8 - Ali (Would love Bess to get a go but can't see it after Ali's form last home summer)
9 - Woakes/Wood/Overton
10 - Broad
11 - Anderson

Yeh, i've sat on the fence a fair bit but I can't honestly see it being a million miles away from previous squads. Would love Smith to make a statement and pick 1 or 2 wildcards

[alexhilly1492]

what i think it will be - as others have posted boring and tweaked from the last team

what id like it to be and partially based on form

jennings
burns
cook
root
malan
bairstow
stokes
woakes
S curran
broad
anderson

jennings appears to have sorted his technique a little and coming off back to back tons
burns has earned his spot with plenty of runs over the last 3 years
ive said for a while i think cook needs to bat at three (although compton is daft to say 3 or bust) i think it takes the pressure off a little bit
sam curran - yes not the quickest but hes a leftie and moves the ball also took 10fer against yorkshire
the rest pick themselves tbh

[alexhilly1492]

others i  think are not too far away from a call are ball clarke and foakes

i wish hildreth was 5 years younger as he more than deserves a call up but its probably too late in his career

[19reading87]

what i think it will be - as others have posted boring and tweaked from the last team

what id like it to be and partially based on form

jennings
burns
cook
root
malan
bairstow
stokes
woakes
S curran
broad
anderson

jennings appears to have sorted his technique a little and coming off back to back tons
burns has earned his spot with plenty of runs over the last 3 years
ive said for a while i think cook needs to bat at three (although compton is daft to say 3 or bust) i think it takes the pressure off a little bit
sam curran - yes not the quickest but hes a leftie and moves the ball also took 10fer against yorkshire
the rest pick themselves tbh

No front line spinner?

[alexhilly1492]

No front line spinner?

not early on in the summer no,

for the later games id pick leach assuming he's fit or someone really left field like parkinson at lancs or critchley at derby

then again bess is looking hard to ignore and virdi too

[Johnny]

Bess and Virdi seem to young and we don't want to ruin them, but then on the other hand, if you're good enough you're old enough?

I think going back to Mo is the wrong move, but trying to think who else is there?

Batty or Samit as a stop gap?

Does someone like an Ollie Rayner finally get a bash?

I see Leach as the mid-term solution, and would be a shame to go backwards in the meantime whilst he recovers from injury

[WalkingWicket37]

The Telegraph are reporting Jos Buttler is going to be recalled and batting at 7 in the first Test

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2018/05/15/jos-buttler-given-surprise-call-up-england-test-squad/

[Johnny]

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[KD4]

The Telegraph are reporting Jos Buttler is going to be recalled and batting at 7 in the first Test

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2018/05/15/jos-buttler-given-surprise-call-up-england-test-squad/

Going backwards again. Picking players on white ball form for test cricket.

[alexhilly1492]

Going backwards again. Picking players on white ball form for test cricket.

the last test series he was apart of he did well, that was in india.

I wouldn't mind buttler playing as hes a damn good player, i think he needs the weight of runs in cc first though.

given the time he's had away form the test set up i dont see it as a backwards step, hes a better batsman now that before too

although i may live to regret this endorsement!

[edge]

To be fair, we have to try and get Buttler in at some point, the guy is a complete freak with the bat. Wouldn't be the first player to be parachuted into a test side from limited overs, although most countries would pick him in the middle order rather than hide him at 7! Never going to play enough first class cricket to be able to force his way in that way so that's a bit of a moot point to be honest.

[rich041187]

Does this mean Bairstow will be up the order and replicating his fine ODI form in the top 5?? I think he is definitely capable of batting anywhere in the top order and even a viable option to open. Buttler is someone who can win a game in a session. We need x factor players like this, not only to win games but to get bums on seats!! Better keeper than Bairstow too

[mohawks94]

Shouldn't Compton be looking for another county?

And shouldn't Moeen Ali be in England bowling some overs?

It's his testimonial at Middlesex this season, so would be unusual to leave now even if he isn't being selected.

[Sam]

Does this mean Bairstow will be up the order and replicating his fine ODI form in the top 5?? I think he is definitely capable of batting anywhere in the top order and even a viable option to open. Buttler is someone who can win a game in a session. We need x factor players like this, not only to win games but to get bums on seats!! Better keeper than Bairstow too

Bairstow's a better keeper than Buttler by a notable distance.

[WalkingWicket37]

I've just seen something on Facebook saying Vince is to be dropped and Dan Bess will be in the squad.

No idea where the person got this from, mind you...