Here's a question we should have over the BBQ, but which Australian players would make it into the current English team? Clarke, Ryan and maybe Haddin for me.
You'd only pick Haddin because Prior has batted rather badly in this series. I would have thought Prior kept better.
They've said the Aussies have bowled well and yet Harris is the only one you'd pick? Fair enough, hard to pick Lyon over Swann. Siddle vs Anderson? Anderson won the first Test but hasn't fired since. Broad had one good Test (and what a good Test!) so it's hard to say. Starc has been dropped when he's done okay and kept when he's played badly in the past.
Rogers would have to be picked I guess. The problem is that Bell is so far ahead of any other batsman in this series - you'd be hard pressed to pick Cook or Trott on their form in this series though. But who else would you pick? Pietersen picks himself I guess. Root has had one score and Bairstow hasn't done anything.
So a bit of competition for the bowling places but not much for the batting.
?, Rogers, Clarke, Pietersen, Bell, ?, Prior (keeping), Broad, Swann, Siddle/Anderson, Harris.
Can't really pick the ? spots. Warner vs Cook/Root? Number 6? Smith? Hardly.
