England tour of the Caribbean 2015, April 13-May 5

[bigfluffylemon]

Selection delayed from today until tomorrow to allow Ali and Woakes' injuries to be assessed according to the Cricket Paper. It also stated Rashid, Robson and Barstow would be in the squad "according to a reliable source". I wasn't aware there was a reliable source on the selection panel

[Slipstream]

Given the recent spate of West Indian retirements from Test cricket, four-day cricket, and "indefinite breaks" taken, this could end up being the Test team for the first Test....

1) Kraigg Brathwaite
2) Devon Smith
3) Darren Bravo
4) Marlon Samuels
5) Shiv Chanderpaul
6) Jermaine Blackwood/Leon Johnson
7) Denesh Ramdin
8) Jerome Taylor
9) Kemar Roach
10) Suleimann Benn
11) Shannon Gabriel

What about Lendl Simmons?

Will WI be using the Dukes ball?

[Aidan11]

Stokes, Wood, Rashid, Plunkett, Trott all going according to this -

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/cricke ... paign=1490

[dan08]

Given the recent spate of West Indian retirements from Test cricket, four-day cricket, and "indefinite breaks" taken, this could end up being the Test team for the first Test....

1) Kraigg Brathwaite
2) Devon Smith
3) Darren Bravo
4) Marlon Samuels
5) Shiv Chanderpaul
6) Jermaine Blackwood/Leon Johnson
7) Denesh Ramdin
8) Jerome Taylor
9) Kemar Roach
10) Suleimann Benn
11) Shannon Gabriel

What about Lendl Simmons?

Will WI be using the Dukes ball?

Simmons retired.

[Aidan11]

Squad announced at 11.45am today.

[rich1uk]

Squad announced at 11.45am today.

is that the sound of an axe being sharpened I hear ?

[Aidan11]

Squad announced at 11.45am today.

is that the sound of an axe being sharpened I hear ?

No need - they've picked Stokes & Wood.

[Aidan11]

Interesting tweet from Paul Newman -

For the record no journalist likes to be accused of breaking an embargo. Just as no journalist likes to be told 'you must back Peter Moores'

[rich1uk]

Interesting tweet from Paul Newman -

For the record no journalist likes to be accused of breaking an embargo. Just as no journalist likes to be told 'you must back Peter Moores'

maybe he misheard and it was "you must stab peter moores in the back"

[Aidan11]

Cook
Anderson
Bell
Bairstow
Ballance
Broad
Buttler
Jordan
Lyth
Plunkett
Root
Stokes
Tredwell
Trott
Wood

[Aidan11]

Woakes and Ali missing through injury. Finn just rubbish.

[dan08]

Would go with:
Cook
Lyth
Ballance
Root
Bell
Buttler
Stokes
Rashid
Tredwell
Plunkett
Anderson

[Arthur Crabtree]

So everyone was wrong. And only fifteen players. Tredwell is the only spinner in that squad!

Glad to see they aren't taking an injured Moeen.

Not a lot to scare WI there.

[Arthur Crabtree]

No Robson.

Did Aidan miss out Rashid?

[dan08]

Rashid is in isn't he?