Apropos of nothing, at a time when the England test side is crying out for batsmen I see wickets are tumbling cheaply around the country and those that have posted scores are discards like Ballance, Trott, Duckett, Malan.
We can't even seem to throw up a flat track bully a la Hick or Ramprakash.
For me I'd have let him open with Cook - it would have been great experience for Burns as well as familiarising himself with the test side and batting on his home turf.
Jennings is a busted flush - his technique is simply not good enough.