Originally Posted by
Mibbes Aye
As you say, it is solving one, two and three for England IMO. They can’t settle on opening bat and like you say, they never solved it when Cook was around. I can’t remember the number of people they tried but it was at least a dozen, I’m sure.
Essentially they haven’t established a strong three. If there was a good enough player to sit at three he would challenge Root being captain. Root needs to bat at three and take responsibility.
Jennings and Hameed to open, then Root and scope to blood youngsters at six knowing you have Bairstow, Stokes, Buttler and Moheed to pile on runs