England A in South Africa 2015.

[Arthur Crabtree]

I think people are over talking the spin card in the carribean...it's not a raging turner out there...it offers spin yes, but they dont all turn sideways...in fact most of the time they are just flat pitches out there.....Moeen + one other will probably be enough..2 for the squad...and with Moeen and Root in the line up, may not even need a 2nd frontline spinner..

Depends if you want fast bowlers running in all day on unresponsive pitches. With Moeen and Woakes in the team, you can pick two spinners and at least keep the pace bowlers fresh for the new ball.

[andy]

thats where most sides find it handy to have an extra bowler in the top 6 who can bowl.....that's what moores clearly wants..with Root etc..

[Making_Splinters]

No one knows. If England can't produce a spinner, is it possible that a batter will be tested in CC?

Trott is picked, and he's not coming back any time soon.

There are a couple of decent English spinners around, however there was only one in the top 20 wicket takers last year - Riley though he's a kent lad, Rashid returned good figures last year.

In general I would say that the younger batsmen tend to play spin better than their seniors, simply because they've been brought up on T20 where you have to attack spinners. The likes of Lyth, Vince, Taylor are all more than competant players of spin. Patel is another name that springs to mind.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Robson did well in SL last winter.

[Arthur Crabtree]

The Gauteng XI has 14 players in it. England's too.

[Aidan11]

I hate it when teams agree to do that.

[Arthur Crabtree]

England have left out Matthew Dunn from their 15.

[Aidan11]

He must be well chuffed.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Gets sole use of the flourescent top.

[Aidan11]

Solid start so far by our openers.

[andy]

128-0! Lyth 41* Robson 82*

[Aidan11]

Robson gets his ton and retires out.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Will Lyth and Taylor be close to Test spots this year?

[hopeforthebest]

the bowling appears to be similar to getting throw downs in the nets for the England batsmen.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Dunno. Matthew Arnold (I like Dover Beach), who is going for a few, has a good fca.