Third Test: West Indies v England, 1-5 May.

[yorker_129-7]

Just feel with Cook if he can get a hundred from somewhere the floodgates might open, as in 2010. He looks in decent shape, just needs a spot of luck.

Trott though. Just go. Now.

[andy]

Once again it's gonna have to be Root to the rescue...pretty poor effort by the top order this morning..

[rich1uk]

I need someone to tell me that everything is going to be all right.

[andy]

Lunch, poor effort by the batsmen, but Holder and Gabriel did bowl well

[Arthur Crabtree]

Cook batting ok. But against WI on flat wickets isn't where you prove yourself.

Don't know why some are anxious about making changes before the Ashes. If they don't, it'll only happen during the Ashes. Pick your best bet now.

[rich1uk]

pretty pathetic over rate considering we have already had 8 overs of spin

[Arthur Crabtree]

Missed that catch off Cook. Looked out.

[sussexpob]

Forgot this started today.

Looks like this is the end for Trott. Too many players behind him (Hales/Lyth) for him to keep them out now, surely. Such a shame, but England need to be ruthless with him

[hopeforthebest]

Warwickshire's championship chances could increase with Trott and maybe Bell and Woakes on their way back. Pity about Yorkshire though, if their players are not in the team they could be following that saying "They also serve who only watch and wait"

[sussexpob]

Missed that catch off Cook. Looked out.

Just seen it and... er.... I have to conclude I am getting different footage to the 3rd umpire, it looked 200% out!

[Alviro Patterson]

Feel sorry for Trott, making an international comeback by being shoehorned into opening the batting is a thankless task and not the way forward for neither player or team.

Just the one of many ECB managerial gaffes on this tour and people responsible for this need to be held accountable.

[Making_Splinters]

Trott is a player I would give my right arm to see do well, but, bringing him back as an opener has been a mistake.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Difficult to know why he was opening.

Presume Rashid won't be picked as a back up spinner in future.

[sussexpob]

Feel sorry for Trott, making an international comeback by being shoehorned into opening the batting is a thankless task and not the way forward for neither player or team.

Just the one of many ECB managerial gaffes on this tour and people responsible for this need to be held accountable.

I said this before the series.

I don't think anyone can say with any significant confidence that they thought after the last NZ tour, he ever looked like he had the game to play at the very top level. Teams just realised they bowl short to him, or never straighten onto his pads, and that took a lot of his game away from him in scoring runs.

Maybe his depression/stress issues masked an obvious lack of precision in his technique for two years? By 2013, he was struggling to defend his stumps at times, and when he did stick in and score runs it was often like watching teeth being pulled.

Either way, I think its insulting to pick a guy who was prime for a dropping for a long time, and put him in the position of another on form guy. Asking Trott to open is near the top of England's dumb list from 2013 onwards.

Why would you pick a player who has to prove his worth to his team, has had stress issues, and integrate him back into the team in an alien role that he then has to put more time into learning, and with the pitfalls of failure wider? Sums up Moores really

[rich1uk]

root has caught cook already , having faced 68 fewer deliveries