It's an interesting squad, I'll give it that. A big vote of confidence in Bell, which is fair enough, but he really needs to start to justify that faith with some serious contributions.
I happen to think 17 is at least a player too many, it's a short tour so there's a v real chance a coupla players might not even play at all. It also makes me think (particularly with Tremlett & Anderson in the squad) that all might not be well with Jones, S. Just a hunch, nothing more.
I don't have a problem with them picking Udal at all, I've only seen him bowl a once or twice this year, but his figures dwarf any other spinner's. I would say tho that it does show a slight inconsistency in thinking from the 5th test. I personally thought Cork (as Caddy was crocked) would've been a better shout than Anderson in that one-off situation (his figures for the season seem to back this up too), but he was overlooked, presumably on grounds of age. Now scarcely a fortnight later the selectors have gone for (arguably) the best man for the job, but one who gives a couple of years to Dom. Of course they've fudged the issue slightly with Loudon's presence, but if (God forbid) Gilo breaks down we won't go into a test with Loudon as our no.1 spinner.
