*Official* England in India 2023/24 #CryMoreTour

[Silver Silva]

England test squad announced

Ben Stokes (Durham – captain)
Rehan Ahmed (Leicestershire)
James Anderson (Lancashire)
Gus Atkinson (Surrey)
Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire)
Shoaib Bashir (Somerset)
Harry Brook (Yorkshire)
Zak Crawley (Kent)
Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire)
Ben Foakes (Surrey)
Tom Hartley (Lancashire)
Jack Leach (Somerset)
Ollie Pope (Surrey)
Ollie Robinson (Sussex)
Joe Root (Yorkshire)
Mark Wood (Durham)

1st Test: India v England, 25-29 January, Hyderabad
2nd Test: India v England, 2-6 February, Vizag
3rd Test: India v England, 15-19 February, Rajkot
4th Test: India v England, 23-27 February, Ranchi
5th Test: India v England, 7-11 March, Dharamsala

How did Shoaib Bashir get picked with a FC bowling average of 67

 

[GIMH]

Quite surprised to see no Tongue and wouldn’t expect Hartley or Bashir to get a game. Atkinson is clearly someone identified as the new man for all formats.

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Wow. I haven't heard of Bashir. Twist.

 

[chris.hinton]

He's done well in UAE with the Lions. Hartley is a strange choice. Right call for Chris Woakes to be left out and Foakes should be back in the line up

It will be interesting

 

[Pothas]

Dawson must have turned them down right?

 

[ImpatientLime]

gotta respect the absolute pig headed refusal to call up Dawson over some child with 10 @ 67 in FC cricket.

also Pope in India on turners.......lol

 

[kevinw]

Absolute joke selection. Frankly I hope we get hammered and if Bashir plays he gets the Kerrigan treatment.

 

[FBU]

Quite surprised to see no Tongue and wouldn’t expect Hartley or Bashir to get a game. Atkinson is clearly someone identified as the new man for all formats.

I thought Tongue should have been picked instead of Atkinson because of his height and has more Test experience. Spin options, Leach, Ahmed and Root. 5 Tests so Wood won't play in all 5 and Atkinson may have a chance.

 

[kevinw]

So the bowlers will be Ahmed, Leach, one of Robinson or Anderson, and one of Wood or Atkinson. Root to turn his arm over. Christ.

 

[honestbharani]

So the bowlers will be Ahmed, Leach, one of Robinson or Anderson, and one of Wood or Atkinson. Root to turn his arm over. Christ.

I guess they are hoping Stokes would be fit to bowl, which would be a good thing.

 

[Molehill]

I wonder if Tongue is fit, he was replaced by Potts for the Windies ODI's.

The Dawson non-selection stinks.

also Pope in India on turners.......lol

If he wasn't the VC I don't think he makes the team. Strongest Top 7 would be Crawley, Duckett, Bairstow, Root, Brook, Stokes, Foakes which also gives you the best keeper and someone who can play spin too.

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Dawson must have turned them down right?

Yeah pretty sure it's this way round rather than England overlooking him. Got franchise gigs lined up.

 

[theegyptian]

Yes tough these days to know who was available for selection or not -ecb never seem to make public if players make themselves unavailable. Jacks toured Pakistan last winter and you'd probably expect him in this squad but isn't there. Dawson admitted recently in an interview he would make more money from PSL, than England test tour and would have a tough decision if he was selected. He's missed a few squads in the past where you might have expected him to be selected and he's played franchise cricket at the same time, without ever explicitly saying whether he was available for england. Hard to know whether they just don't rate him or he's unavailable or a bit of both.

squad certainly looks like a 5-0 loss squad and I don't think any changes would make a substantial difference to that likelihood.

 

[Molehill]

Yeah pretty sure it's this way round rather than England overlooking him. Got franchise gigs lined up.

According to Dobell (also a big Woakes fan) he wasn't asked.

 

[theegyptian]

Absolute joke selection. Frankly I hope we get hammered and if Bashir plays he gets the Kerrigan treatment.

Seems harsh. Not Bashir's fault he's been selected.

 

[honestbharani]

Dobell (also a big Woakes fan)

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

According to Dobell (also a big Woakes fan) he wasn't asked.

Hmmm. His Woakes fandom does help his credibility for sure.

Weird one then. As the Egyptian said above, Dawson was on record at the end of the summer that he felt ambivalent about a Test call up. You'd have thought the ECB would've still tried sounding him out though.

 

[RightArmMystery]

Good to see Foakes back, even though he's unlikely to get a game over Bairstow. Sucks that Dawson's not been called up, feels like he'd be perfect for this team given what he offers with bat and ball. Bashir's such a strange call-up.

 

[GIMH]

Hmmm. His Woakes fandom does hello his credibility for sure.

Weird one then. As the Egyptian said above, Dawson was on record at the end of the summer that he felt ambivalent about a Test call up. You'd have thought the ECB would've still tried sounding him out though.

My personal opinion, once he said he was ambivalent they were never asking him (if they ever were). I’ve not seen the quotes but apparently Jacks said something similar?

 

[Ashes81]

Some strange selections and non selections.

No Tongue is odd - he must be injured.

But it's the spinners that stand out. I know nothing of Bashir but Tom Hartley is an odd choice as well.

I follow Lancs and Hartley is a slow bowler rather than a spinner. He bats a bit but I wouldn't have him near the test squad.

Presumably Dawson has pissed McCullum off as there's no justification for not picking him