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Originally Posted by Rachael  Squad: Andrew Strauss (capt), Joe Denly, Owais Shah, Jonathan Trott, Ravi Bopara, Tim Ambrose (wk), Adil Rashid, Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Chris Tremlett, Graham Onions
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Good to see i guess, no harm done. A youngster getting a chance at this level, will be able to see if he handles himself well, what ive seen of him he looks a handy spinner, takes wickets too. Yorks have also brought out Wainwright, a couple of good, very young spinners of what they have shown thus far, wonder how far they will go.
Strauss as skipper, not a certain pick anymore for England, and this will give him some more responsibily to try and lead his team out to a win.
Battling line up looks solid, not happy that Trott was dropped for the 1 day series after 2 bad 20-20 games?! Crazy. Bopara/Shah trying to settle into the national team at the moment, whilst Denly gets a chance to show his talents.
WK - Ambose is a good choice, i like him, scores runs and a good WK'er.
As for bowlers, Bresnan gets another game an intl level, hes an ok bowler, but reminds me of Plunkett in a few ways, too inconsistent and needs to improve his bowling before trying to maybe be handy with the bat. Broad can be a top bowler on his day, but can leak runs with a poor line. Tremlett is ok, an average bowler on the highest level i'd say, but good height, and extracts good bounce. Finally, Onions another player emerging out of Durham, good to see he gets a game, improving at county level all the time, hope he performs well.