Bogratsteve wrote:Yeah the spin is the real tricky one
Monty - dependable but can be exposed
Borthwick - just not good enough currently
Tredwell - Dependable also but not going to pull any trees up
Root - maybe in time but need someone for the summer
I think Monty will get the nod
re: Morgan - could be idea but him & stokes & Prior together could be a massive score or all out very quickly and the tail exposed to a fairly new ball and a collapse - need someone who can digin as Geoffrey would say but i am not convinced Carbs is the right opener either!!
Agree with most of this. If England are ditching Pietersen as part of "moving forward" as the ECB put it, there's no way you can keep a mediocre trundler such as Carberry in the team.
Spinner is a really difficult one. I wouldn't go with Monty. He's past it and I just don't think he's what the selectors are looking for.
Moeen Ali might be an interesting one to look at during the Windies tour/ World T20. He's a good batter and handy as a spinner, although untested at international level. It'd be a massive risk throwing him in as the main spinner.
Or we could just go with 5 seamers, with Root's off-spin supporting. What's the point in trying to fit in a frontline spinner if they're not good enough?
I think Root will be opener and Gary Ballance will continue in the middle order. I'd like to see Sam Robson given the chance as he is a real talent. It'd be great for Onions to come back into the test side, although I'd be surprised if he did.