Ive posted a few names elsewhere, some were in the previous post too but I'll dish out a few names to look at, some would lead to a different direction in the side.
Batting options to look into;
Stoneman to open. Westley as 3/4 bumble mentioned him. Dan Lawrence as an option. Moeen ali up the order slightly. Hameed possibly. Dawid malan. Ben foakes. Three of those would be young options that would have to be stuck with for at least 5 tests. Dare I say it, but maybe england should go back to an old performer who didn't actually do much wrong per say. I'm thinking along the lines of ian bell, short term fix, been there seen it, done it, been successful.
Spin options;
Rashid-sky pundits have made reference to an attitude problem and like them I dont quite buy into that. Mason crane, young but not as young as shadab khan or rashid khan. After those two, you are literally looking at people who have got wickets ala dominic bess, jack leach.
Pace options;
Tom curran, craig overton, rush woakes back, push someone like archer into the frey
I agree with the pundits and in fact I'm happy theyve said something I've said before. The selectors are messing up so many times, they used to cock up odi but get tests right. Now its the other way around. They are untouchable. We've had the same selectors since quite possibly duncan fletchers tenure, maybe before.
That means we've had moores, flower, giles, moores and now bayliss. 4 coaches have been and gone over results, but selectors stick around.
I may have digressed
Another name to add to the batting options. Rory burns, in form and is a dogged cricketer, might add steel to the middle order
Batting options to look into;
Stoneman to open. Westley as 3/4 bumble mentioned him. Dan Lawrence as an option. Moeen ali up the order slightly. Hameed possibly. Dawid malan. Ben foakes. Three of those would be young options that would have to be stuck with for at least 5 tests. Dare I say it, but maybe england should go back to an old performer who didn't actually do much wrong per say. I'm thinking along the lines of ian bell, short term fix, been there seen it, done it, been successful.
Spin options;
Rashid-sky pundits have made reference to an attitude problem and like them I dont quite buy into that. Mason crane, young but not as young as shadab khan or rashid khan. After those two, you are literally looking at people who have got wickets ala dominic bess, jack leach.
Pace options;
Tom curran, craig overton, rush woakes back, push someone like archer into the frey
I agree with the pundits and in fact I'm happy theyve said something I've said before. The selectors are messing up so many times, they used to cock up odi but get tests right. Now its the other way around. They are untouchable. We've had the same selectors since quite possibly duncan fletchers tenure, maybe before.
That means we've had moores, flower, giles, moores and now bayliss. 4 coaches have been and gone over results, but selectors stick around.
I may have digressed
Another name to add to the batting options. Rory burns, in form and is a dogged cricketer, might add steel to the middle order