Basically means that Bairstow will keep in Tests this summer. Foakes's superior glovework or Robinson's 5 consecutive half centuries don't really matter
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BREAKING: India name their squad for the men's #T20WorldCup 🇮🇳

England have announced their 15-player provisional squad for the T20 World Cup! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Jofra Archer returns for the defending champions, while there's no place for Chris Woakes.

Thoughts?

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Looks like Jordan will make Eng #T20WC squad. Highlights lack of quality death bowlers available. Jordan no longer reliable but experience bowling at end of innings seems to have won him selection. Eng will be hoping Archer is fit and stays fit
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With Elgar the senior pro and Khushi/Browne making hundreds, who makes way for skipper Westley in next match v Somerset? Interesting dilemma
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The Surrey juggernaut rolls on with thumping win over Hampshire. They were pre-season favourites and difficult to see anyone stopping them from winning 3rd consecutive #CountyChampionship title
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England name their #T20WC squad this week. Who would you choose?

Mine:
Buttler (c/wk)
Salt
Jacks
Duckett
Brook
Livingstone
S Curran
J Overton
Rashid
Topley
Atkinson
Bairstow
Moeen
Archer (if fit)
Turner

Reserves:
Cox
Ahmed
Gleeson

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Only Kidderminster and Bristol seeing any play at the moment. Another round of #CountyChampionship matches that was bubbling nicely but now disrupted by rain
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Pakistan have appointed Jason Gillespie and Gary Kirsten as their new red-ball and white-ball head coaches respectively.

Azhar Mahmood, who was in temporary charge for the New Zealand T20Is, will continue as the assistant coach in all formats.

Thoughts on those appointments? 🇵🇰

Surrey are criticised for cherry picking talent from other counties. But how many mediocre players have they turned into solid county pros? Look at Steel/Clark. The latter played for Lancs and was average, yet Surrey are getting so much out of him
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A fine innings, the kind of fighting knock that is a trademark of Burns. There was a time when Burns was arguably Eng's 2nd best batsman after Root. Test form never recovered after injury before SA tour in 2019
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Hundreds for Duckett, Root and Brook. Crawley, Stokes, Foakes not playing in this round of #CountyChampionship fixtures. Eng could do with Pope finding form. Test vice-captain has top score of 13 in 3 CC innings this season
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1st #CountyChampionship hundred of the season for Joe Root, 44th FC ton of his career. Has opportunity to make it a massive knock v a modest Derbyshire attack
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Duckett has brought up his double hundred this morning. Batting with the tail, he's currently on 213*. His highest FC score is 282....
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This is a very good point. This isn't exactly good preparation for the slow, low pitches of the Caribbean
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Sam Cook is captaining Essex Cricket v Durham. But he still went out as nightwatchman at the end of the day, having bowled 20 overs too.
Talk about dedication 😀👏
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Apart from Bumrah, which seamers do India pick for #T20WC ? They all seem to be getting belted around the park. One of the issues with producing relatively flat pitches
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If Gloucestershire Cricket can keep their quicks fit, they could be a dangerous opponent. De Lange and Singh Dale are fast and Akhter is developing well. A team to keep an eye on
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Blistering hundred by Duckett leading the way for Notts. Wonder if form of new captain, Hameed, is a concern. Out for 2 today. Has only scored more than 20 twice this season, with top score of 40
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With Bairstow and Foakes facing uncertain futures in Test cricket, surely Durham Cricket's Ollie Robinson has to be in contention to be England's next wicketkeeper? Amazingly, he's passed 50 on all 5 occasions he's batted in this season's #CountyChampionship
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