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That is SO unfair. Michael Vaughan was on R5 last night and cited Moeen's average in 'away' tests as over 100! (The problem being that it's his bowling average.) I'd drop him simply because he looks so out of form. Hopefully he'll bounce back (like others) in the home series in the summer.

9 losses out of our last 10 'away' Tests. And some absolute hammerings. Will Christchurch in a few days time become Crisis-church? The only possible/viable changes are Jack Leach for Moeen and/or Wood for Overton. But it looks like a deckchairs on Titanic situation? (Won't stop me sitting up...

Swann expressed the opinion that this - involving a move to deploy 11 or 12 specialised scouts (each an expert in a discipline) - would be a good idea and might uncover hitherto ignored talent. I guess we have to see how it works out. I don't think there's a silver bullet out there waiting to be...

Heard an interview during the many rain delays with Andrew Strauss: apparently the whole selection process and infrastructure is going to be remodelled. (No truth in the rumour that a monkey with a pin is awaiting confirmation of the post!)

The thing is that the hammering by the Aussies was largely explained in terms of 'overseas conditions' i.e. our bowlers weren't suited to the wickets and our batsmen struggled against the relentless pace of the Aussie quicks. But hang on: today's display was against two very good but almost...