Counting down to the back-to-back Ashes series in 2013/14

[Arthur Crabtree]

That's a remarkable development. Darren Lehmann? What can he do?

[GarlicJam]

I'm sure that he can swear and drink beer far, far better than anyone called Mickey.

[meninblue]

https://twitter.com/MichaelVaughan/stat ... 97/photo/1

[Arthur Crabtree]

Steve Smith called up, I suppose as cover for Clarke. Which I guess underlines how bad things are.

[Kim]

Bye bye Compton by the looks of it

http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/articles/root ... enge-match

[Gingerfinch]

And hello Rankin

[Arthur Crabtree]

The quote from Miller is definitive. Compton is out. Seems a premature judgement to me.

I wonder if Rankin is there for the Australia tour, and is an indication England are concerned about Tremlett.

Woakes is out of the picture, which is a shame.

No Ravi is a surprise!

[Aidan11]

And hello Rankin

No idea what that's about.

He must feel like a gatecrasher to a private party.

[Gingerfinch]

The quote from Miller is definitive. Compton is out. Seems a premature judgement to me.

I wonder if Rankin is there for the Australia tour, and is an indication England are concerned about Tremlett.

Woakes is out of the picture, which is a shame.

No Ravi is a surprise!

Compton must be feeling aggrieved. He has just had a bad series but scored two tons in NZ. He, IMO, deserved one more test at least. He may get it of course.

[Arthur Crabtree]

This means that England's search for a number six goes on. If Bairstow doesn't do well (maybe no better than Compton who has two tons) it isn't reasonable to expect Root to slip back to six and allow Compton back in as opener. So if Bairstow doesn't take this chance, and his batting has been mixed, with many flaws manifest, we again need a number six. Root wasn't the solution after all.

[Arthur Crabtree]

And those in the press who were calilng for Compo to be dropped won't feel guilty exactly. But maybe a little awkward.

[shankycricket]

Bye bye Compton by the looks of it

http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/articles/root ... enge-match

Ridiculous.

[Alviro Patterson]

Bye bye Compton by the looks of it

http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/articles/root ... enge-match

Am I the only one thinking opening with Root is just an experiment and that Compton can still come back in the England squad?

If a current England player is to be dropped in test squad it should be Ian Bell.

[hopeforthebest]

This means that England's search for a number six goes on. If Bairstow doesn't do well (maybe no better than Compton who has two tons) it isn't reasonable to expect Root to slip back to six and allow Compton back in as opener. So if Bairstow doesn't take this chance, and his batting has been mixed, with many flaws manifest, we again need a number six. Root wasn't the solution after all.

An awful lot has been said about the slow batting of our top 3 in ODI games it seems to me that Compton's S/R in tests has been snails pace. Maybe they not only see Root as a better long term bet but giving a better balance with Cook and Trott.

[shankycricket]

The quote from Miller is definitive. Compton is out. Seems a premature judgement to me.

I wonder if Rankin is there for the Australia tour, and is an indication England are concerned about Tremlett.

Woakes is out of the picture, which is a shame.

No Ravi is a surprise!

Won't Ravi be playing for Essex anyway? Still has a chance to make an impression.