I'd not be picking him at all on this tour, will be about 3 weeks with no cricket at all for him and he isn't one of our best players of spin anyway. Yes he usually battles harder than most in these conditions but he always looks scratchy against spin. Unless there is an injury or illness stick with the same make up of the side. Obviously if the pitch suits pacemen then drop a spinner for Broad/Stone but Bairstow has to wait.
Honestly it's pretty rare for an England player to appear to have playing in Asia as their specialist subject, so we forgot that Jennings made more sense as a horses for courses pick than just playing because he's the incumbent.
Similarly all the people saying that Foakes is now the keeper for years to come, who knows if he has a technique that won't cut it against a quality pace attack. Clearly can play spin and is a far better gloveman than Bairstow and Buttler but until he is tried and tested we can't say.
True, but it's one thing to replace a spinner with another quick when we're not in the SC. Quite another to replace an opener who's made runs, especially when the domestic cupboard is so bare.
Yeah thunderstorms late on both days is the worry.
