Arthur Crabtree wrote:Wonder how many of the England team are playing their last Test here.
Plenty of candidates.
Cook finishes a horrow-show of a tour. His place will surely be in question come the summer, unless he scores prolifically for Essex, and/or there are no alternatives from the openers' ranks in the CC.
Vince and Stoneman are surely playing for their places at least, and probably Malan too. I'd say that Bairstow is safe after his first innings knock, and Broad is probably also ok after his best bowling return since Jo'Burg 2016. Anderson, Root and Stokes are highly unlikely to be dropped - Stokes has shown quality with the bat in both tests in NZ, and Anderson and Root have been consistent performers for the whole of the last year.
Wood's stock seems to rise whenever he's out of the team because of his alleged pace, then fall again when he actually plays.