It's laughable that he is persisting with Fletcher nothing players rather than asserting his new authority and turning English cricket into a new direction.
Yardy? Nixon? Dalrymple? Sorry, all too bits and pieces for me, Yardy nor Dalrymple have ever excelled at either discipline in ODI's. Nixon is too old, he's had a bloody good go, if he was 5 years younger, I'd keep him, but we have to look to the future. Therefore I think Prior and Foster/or Davies would have been a better decision.
Nice to see Broad in there though, he looks to have a huge future if he's treated well.
Good to see Shah there, finally shows that county form will get you consideration rather than whether your profile fits.
Don't like Trescothick or S.Jones being in there. I know alot of you will disagree with me, but for me both of them have to prove themselves as consistant performers again. I see not help from playing Tresco this summer and him not touring because of his stress related illness, he's already said he hasn't recovered and will not tour this winter. Only play him when he's ready to tour and be a permanent part of the side.
Jones needs to prove his fitness more, a couple of games without breaking down means nothing, I hate this amount of building up about him, if he falls over again in the next week or 2, thats probably him shot, forever. We're relying on someone coming back from a horrific injury and being a star straight away, which is idiocy.
For the added 5, I'd say we need another young Keeper, because the position is up for grabs so you need to throw at least one other into the ring for that one.
I'd like to see Rashid in there as well. I wouldn't play him this summer, he needs this county season to establish himself, but I'd include him just so he is kept in mind, and can be added to sqaud so that he can train with the best in the country, simiarly with Broad. Those 2 and Davies/Foster and Prior would really improve as players if they got exposed to England training sessions etc more.
Which is why I support an England A summer squad, who play all county games as possible, but also attend more England based sessions during the season, rather than including them in the academy in the winter, then providing them with no support or network to work with other than their counties during the summer.
