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Finn seems to be finding his way back and now Saker has gone from the England set up, there is a chance he may not have his action messed around with. James Harris is worth a mention, again the England Academy messed around with his action, but he seems to have gone back to what is good for him...

Which is what Fletcher did with Vaughan, Strauss and Trescothick.

OK. I have a feeling his average since the ODI's is poor.

I agree he is a one day specialist. The problem is the options for England are a bit limited at the moment. Compton is not going to get picked, so then we are going back to Bairstow, who in Test Cricket has one good innings to his name. Taylor gets talked about, but England discarded him and...

I do agree with Morgan at 3. The point I was trying to make is, it is shame that he has not carried some of his one day form into the Championship, as it would have given England another option.

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Not sure he has done that much for Somerset this season. Years maybe catching up with him.

I think Rashid might suffer as well. He was seemingly meant to play in this game, as they were not happy with the injury Ali has, but he injured his hand. Defensive I know, but I would be inclined to look at a Tredwell style player in the short term, who can keep it at 3 an over in the first...

What you say about the batters is the likely scenario, although the one player I would not move is Root, as he is doing well at 5 and a move might be counter productive. I suspect Finn will play a part in this series. Probably too soon for Jamie Overton. Still not happy with Ali as the spinner.

Unless they go back to Compton, Hales is the only other vague option for an opener, but his average in proper cricket this season is not that great.

Ballance is likely to be dropped, with Bairstow coming back yet again. The thing is Bairstow is another lower middle order player, so to accommodate him, we are going to have to tinker with the bit of the batting line up that works, which is not ideal.

The problem is, they have chopped and changed that opener position since Strauss retired. In hindsight, Compton was probably the best option, whilst limited shot wise, he was tough and did not give too much away. Robson, well the fact he has been poor for Middlesex says it all. Lyth still...

Rashid was injured yesterday.