England in a familiar pickle ...to be fair , West Indies have bowled pretty well. But the players "on trial" haven't produced again...
Easy to say toss 'em out and try someone else : but the alternatives I am seeing have all been tried , with underwhelming results , in the past ; Hales , Compton , Ballance ...
I do think Hameed is the most likely to succeed , and I hope he gets runs in the CC and stamps his ticket for Australia. But I certainly wouldn't rush him back next week given his struggles for his county this summer. As I doubt England will win this by an innings they'll all get a second chance to show us if they're learning from their failures ; we can have a think about selection then.
For now : really need Root and the all rounders to do the job they've managed (thankfully !) quite a few times recently. Would be rather embarrassing to get knocked over by this West Indies team that everyone has been cheerfully describing as the weakest touring team in living memory