theegyptian
International Vice-Captain
Woakes toured NZ last winter and played the last test this summer so it wouldn't be completely out of context if he were to turn up in the test squad. Stokes is a bit too raw still and he'd be better off playing some cricket somewhere and turning up later for the ODI's.
Cook, Root, Trott, Pietersen, Bell, Bairstow, Prior, Bresnan, Broad, Swann, Anderson, Compton, Taylor, Onions, Panesar, Rankin, Finn (-1 if as predicted the squad is 16).
Onions has signed on for some south african franchise for the winter so he possibly knows something we don't and might not make the squad. Finn will most likely get the call although I almost feel like it would be good if he wasn't in the squad but can't see it happening. Maybe one of Finn/Rankin. Bairstow will be second keeper as the other options are doing nothing and England will need to make up their mind on the final batting spot before they pick the squad. Just can't see Tremlett going- think England think of him as a write off.
Don't really know the details of lions/performance squad so I came up with two lists of potentials.
Lions - Robson, Carberry, Chopra, Borthwick, Ballance, Stokes, Woakes, Kieswetter, Buttler, Jordan, J Overton, Willey, Barker, Kerrigan, Rushworth, Roland-Jones, Ali, (Allenby)
Performance Squad - Lees, Dent, Wells, Burns, Roderick, Thakor, L Evans, Foakes, Rafiq, R Patel, Topley, Mills, Miles, Dunn, Edwards, M Wood, Ansari, Reece, Dawson
Players like Woakes, Patel, Tremlett, Bopara not selected as England know what they do and can go off and play elsewhere for foreign teams if they want. And the squads will be cut with players injured or already arranged grade cricket etc.
Cook, Root, Trott, Pietersen, Bell, Bairstow, Prior, Bresnan, Broad, Swann, Anderson, Compton, Taylor, Onions, Panesar, Rankin, Finn (-1 if as predicted the squad is 16).
Onions has signed on for some south african franchise for the winter so he possibly knows something we don't and might not make the squad. Finn will most likely get the call although I almost feel like it would be good if he wasn't in the squad but can't see it happening. Maybe one of Finn/Rankin. Bairstow will be second keeper as the other options are doing nothing and England will need to make up their mind on the final batting spot before they pick the squad. Just can't see Tremlett going- think England think of him as a write off.
Don't really know the details of lions/performance squad so I came up with two lists of potentials.
Lions - Robson, Carberry, Chopra, Borthwick, Ballance, Stokes, Woakes, Kieswetter, Buttler, Jordan, J Overton, Willey, Barker, Kerrigan, Rushworth, Roland-Jones, Ali, (Allenby)
Performance Squad - Lees, Dent, Wells, Burns, Roderick, Thakor, L Evans, Foakes, Rafiq, R Patel, Topley, Mills, Miles, Dunn, Edwards, M Wood, Ansari, Reece, Dawson
Players like Woakes, Patel, Tremlett, Bopara not selected as England know what they do and can go off and play elsewhere for foreign teams if they want. And the squads will be cut with players injured or already arranged grade cricket etc.