Squad to be announced tomorrow - it's believed that Hameed of Lancashire will be selected. Fair enough, though a few other openers have staked a claim:
I'd go with: Cook, Jennings, Hameed; Ballance, Root, Bairstow, Duckett, Roy; Stokes, Moeen; Rashid, Leach; Wood, Anderson, Broad, Finn.
I'm not sure you can get away with Duckett as reserve 'keeper, so maybe pick Buttler instead of Roy and leave Duckett as a batsman only. I'd also be tempted to leave out Finn for Sam Curran, but probably being influenced by latest round of championship games for Curran and Roy. Gubbins, Bell-Drummond or Lees could also justify and opener's slot.
I'd go with: Cook, Jennings, Hameed; Ballance, Root, Bairstow, Duckett, Roy; Stokes, Moeen; Rashid, Leach; Wood, Anderson, Broad, Finn.
I'm not sure you can get away with Duckett as reserve 'keeper, so maybe pick Buttler instead of Roy and leave Duckett as a batsman only. I'd also be tempted to leave out Finn for Sam Curran, but probably being influenced by latest round of championship games for Curran and Roy. Gubbins, Bell-Drummond or Lees could also justify and opener's slot.
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