West Indies v England 2015

Following that crap... well from us at least and with series against the vastly improves nz side and then the ashes who would u like to see in the 11 and coaching the 11...

In advance i want to apologize to boomer... i know he will not like my selections.

coach Gillespie, his record of nurturing young talent at yorkshire is what we need most!!

Cook (for now)
Lyth
Ballance
Root
Pietersen
Moeen
Butler
Rashid
Jordan
Plunkett/Dunn
Anderson

With the orders to go and express themselves, ignore failure... because if we play timid like we always seem to do we r fucked anyway.

^ I like the fact that 5 Yorkshire players make it into your starting XI,whereas they had 4 of em doing nowt on this tour.

A 3 match series with no ODI's or T20's & we have a squad of 17 when they wrongly flew out an under prepared Moeen Ali for the 2nd Test.
14 players would be plenty,Bairstow can cover as keeper & reserve batsmen,he's good enough to bat at 5.Root is good enough as a 2nd spinner so either Treadwell or Rashid not both.Stokes has to bat no lower than 6 if he plays & his bowling is a bonus,not good enough as a 3rd seamer yet.
The decision was made long ago for Trott to open with Cook so why take Lyth.I imagine when he finally gets his chance they'll expect miracles,don't expect a dasher like Warner.He did take 32 catches in 16 Championship games last year mostly at slip which England need.

Moores will get sacked soon & Dizzy is on Colin Graves shopping list,I just can't see him wanting to go head to head with his old mate Boof.The best coaches are getting paid a fortune for a few weeks in the IPL against living in hotels away from family for most of the year which is why we ended up with Moores not Tom Moody.Newell & Robinson are the best English coaches but like Moores they have no International experience.

If KP comes back I'd make him bat No.3 Ballance can drop to 4 maybe gamble with Hales to replace Cook at the top of the order.

Whoever takes on the role of spinner will more than likely get hammered by NZ & Oz but ,a big opportunity missed not trying Rashid against the 8th ranked Test side,Treadwell is a poor mans Swann but I fear he's the best we've got.

Anderson & Broad need splitting up,otherwise well need to find 2 new ball bowlers,maybe a fit again Woakes could replace Broad but he needs to improve.Outside bets left arm fast bowlers Mills or Footitt,clutching at straws.

Trouble is England's seam attack looks too samey.
Right arm medium fast all the way.
No real searing pace.
No left armers.
Very predictable.

(05-05-2015 00:41 )snookered147 Wrote:  Trouble is England's seam attack looks too samey.
Right arm medium fast all the way.
No real searing pace.
No left armers.
Very predictable.

Tymel Mills was my hope.. but he cannot stay fit, plus his radar is way off. Matt Dunn and Meaker at surrey have pace, but still not extreme pace. Although i like the way Dunn is a stump to stump bowler and think his pace will rise too.