I think it's been a rather mixed season in regards to future england prospects. No-one has absolutely stood out so far as ready
Dan Lawrence has been good in div 1. Should be in the lions 4 day squad hopefully. I'd like to see him backup his technique with runs away from England before they take a chance on him.
Livingstone ok. Couple of good knocks but quite a few low scores too. Might get the number 6 spot on the back of lions cricket last winter, but doesn't have a massive body of work to draw upon.
Gubbins has struggled a bit but hasn't been terrible. Not enough to really push to replace Hameed.
Foakes has been reasonable, but not really good enough to force his way in.
Joe Clarke struggling with his technique. Has had some ugly look dimissals. Bowled/lbw with the bat not coming through straight,and playing across it. Needs to get it right before they can think about selecting him. Would get found out quick at international level. Maybe omit him from lions for the winter so he can groove the technique.
Thakor looks to be promising in div 2. Promoted to 3 in the order and bowling a little less. Nice strokemaker. Probably a year from lions cricket.
Archer looks the real deal (but it would feel a little hollow if selected given his west indian roots). Runs in hard all day (and has bowled lots of overs - most in div 2 by 20+), good pace and bounce and cuts it in on the regular. Capable bat too.
Tongue another who looks quality (although not physically as developed as Archer). Pace, rhythm. Tongue a good prospect at present, nothing more, Archer on the other hand could probably go into test cricket and not look out of place.
Likes of Fisher, Mahmood, Helm haven't played loads but have done ok. Haven't looked outstanding. Helm seems to have lost a bit of the snap in runup and action. Probably just glad they are fairly injury free at this stage.
Tom Curran and Craig Overton have been reasonable. Probably the most likely (outside of those who've already played int cricket) to get a callup this summer in test cricket imo, but still maybe lacking a little pace?.
Jamie OVerton having a reasonable season but I'd still worry he's a little too erratic and likely to break down. Action looks a little better this year.
