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There has been some talk of trying out Stoneman and Hales as an opening partnership. I think Cook and Jennings should get the benefit of the doubt for the rest of this series though, at least. And then obviously there's the question of where or when Hameed comes back in. The entire problem for England right now (given that the batting order from Root on down picks itself) is that we seem to have a wealth of potential options for the top order, but none are necessarily obvious or even ideal choices at this point in time. It's going to be a case of trial and error until a reliable partnership emerges from somewhere.