That's just nonsense. Firstly, he's done nothing to persuade any selector that he should come back and secondly, our middle order is the part of the team that's functioning well - Ballance, Bell and Root have had a decent series and Ali took wickets last test and scored runs in this one. Our...
I don't get the choice of Trott at all. Even if he made runs, what did that prove? That he can make test runs against an easy attack, how does that help against Johnson and Starc (or even Southee and Boult)? Is Lyth an option? We don't know - unless he's thrust in the deep end in the summer. It...