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I agree that Bell is the player most at risk, if one of the middle order were to be dropped but I wouldn't describe his form as "dreadful". He averages 33.6 over the past 12 months - not great for a modern test batsman but not that awful either

Said the man who wants private school educated Kevin Pietersen to play. Regardless of whether he's good for team morale or not, his form doesn't warrant it. In the last two series he played he averaged 34: Ballance (who you want dropped) has a test average of 55 - and is 12 years younger...

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England are overly cautious. I'm not convinced by Buttler either and his selection makes even less sense when you consider that Stokes and Ali play, neither of whom is a top class bowler. That's an amazingly strong batting line-up but comes to grief when fielding; we really need three or four...

... or has a decent spinner How are we going to bowl the Aussies out with this attack?

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There seem to be loads of left-handers around at the moment: Australia have plenty too and Sussex have six lefties out of the 14 players they've used this year. It didn't used to be like this: it was normal to have one or two in a team. And it doesn't seem to happen lower down either. At my...