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Also - Alistair Cook to become England's most capped test cricketer. http://www.espncricinfo.com/bangladesh-v-england-2016-17/content/story/1062223.html

The smart money is saying England will go with 3 spinners, one of whom will be Gareth Batty. There is some justification, I guess in that he'll be a holding up an end option, something neither Ali or Rashid appear to be capable of. But by all means resume the binfest, awaiting confirmation...

Kept out by a kid less than half his age! Makes me feel old.

I agree with you on our obsession with bits and pieces cricketers. We could handle a spinner who couldn't bat, given the 4 or 5 all rounders we are likely to play (Bairstow, Woakes, Stokes, Ali and arguably Rashid) Disagree about the second point. We have enough batsmen who can move the score...

Problem is, these days, we don't really play many warm ups and those we do play are essential for the 1st XI to get up to speed. It may be that Batty doesn't even bowl a ball in first class cricket on this tour. Glorified net bowler, I suspect.

It's a total horses for courses selection, he won't let us down if called upon and I doubt he'll be called upon. I'd rather see our other spinners playing for the Lions than carrying the water in Bangladesh. I love the Hameed selection, averaged 50+ in Div 1, he's a proper opener and has a man...