So who to leave in and who needs kicking out?
Firstly Root needs to be stripped of the captaincy, or resign. He is arguably the best batsman we have so he does deserve his place in the side. Who to give it to? I don’t really know. Broad has bags of experience and would do a good job. Or I’ve said before if you give Buttler a stint with the gloves he might relish the role and step up to the plate, however he’s not the best gloveman we have. I think it needs to be a bowler or a wicket keeper as the batsmen need to just concentrate on batting and have no distractions.
Bowling wise Anderson will retire this summer but will play in probably the New Zealand series then quit. It won’t all be for sentimental reasons though as I do feel he still has something to offer with the ball.
Wood is great and arguably deserved more this series and abroad still has a couple of years left in him. I guess if he’s fit you need to keep Archer in mind too. I’m not so sure about Woakes but I do like Robinson he offers something a bit different to the rest of our bowlers, he’s a bit more fearless and raw. Leach or another spinner is enough, Leach is decent enough in my opinion.
So onto our batsmen, Root and Stokes definitely need to stay in the side. I’d persevere with Crawley he’s done enough to me to warrant a place on the plane to Antigua. Burns did alright today too so maybe we have found an opening pair. As for the rest, well. I think you need to be looking for a bit better than Bairstow really although he can do a job if we have a load of injuries. I don’t think Malan is up to it. Hameed is crap. Pope really isn’t good enough either but who do you bring in?