Agreed. Our problem has been irresponsible batting (and to a lesser degree weak spin bowling). I never like the idea of fast bowlers captaining in Tests - essentially they can't function as captain for the duration of their spell. Cook is shrewd enough and I find it hard to imagine that his...
Listened to Boycott's assessment
His view seemed to be
Panesar becomes preferred spinner instead of Swann
Drop Prior (guessing Bairstow in)
Stokes not good enough (Ballance?)
Bell at 3 - Root at 5
KP on very thin ice
I think he's about right (oh and we are already stuffed in this series as we...