Agree that we have Root, Stokes, Bairstow to speed things up making the lack of an aggressor at the top less of an issue. Bayliss did say he wants 2 out of his top 3 to be aggressive though so picking Hameed would go against this. If he picks him, great, hopefully him and Cook can build us...
Rayner will be more gutted than Leach (Leach should be as well), he's been around a while and has plenty of experience where as leach has had one good season. Would have selected them over Batty without any doubt.
Our obsession with picking someone who can do a bit both with bat and ball is...