Schofield bowls way too many bad balls, and this 'natural variation' as Nasser Hussain called it, just doesn't work at International level, as the batsmen are good enough to smack the bad balls to the fence, and not lob them to fielders. Rashid's definitely the right option if they really wanted another spinner, I'd have looked elsewhere though personally, and gone for either a proper batsman as we've got enough all-rounders, so I'd have brought Trott into the team, and had him opening with Bopara.
I disagree, Schofield is in great form this year and would have been a good option, imo.
Hmm, the 1 match I saw him bowl in this year, he was quite lucky to pick up most of the wickets he got (all but 1 iirc). He does bowl at least 1 half tracker or full toss every over, which at International level means at least 1 boundary an over. We've got Graeme Swann, and I don't think Schofield's good enough personally. He's got a fine T20 record, but I'm not convinced he's quite good enough at International level, like Jeremy Snape and Nayan Doshi. Superb domestic T20 bowlers, but I don't think they'd succeed at International level.
I think Broad & Anderson will play. I'm not keen on Mascarenhas, he's very limited as far as I'm concerned. If you're winning he might not give it away but if you're losing he's not going to conjure up anything to turn things round. But I'm expecting him to play and utterly devalue Colly's bowling because you'll rarely need two mediums in a T20.
