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Root has done amazingly well at 5, but if our top 4 wasn't such a clusterf**k, he wouldn't have had the chance. At some point he's going to have to move up the order, and if we're talking about the end of Ian Bell's career then he's the next most senior in the middle order (amazingly). The other...

I'd be very surprised if Hales prospers as a Test opener - he looks much more like (yet another) lower-middle order batsman to me. I'd stick with Lyth for this series, then (if he's still struggling) consider bringing in someone like Bell-Drummond, who may not be quite ready but can at least...