Stokes retiring and then coming back just to play in a World Cup sets a bad precedent.

He's a flat track bully. He's never excelled in any of the European competitions, he underperforms for Serbia & has a tendency to go missing in big games. A very fitting end to Neymar's career. His performances never matched the hype surrounding him. Saudi money has actually good for the big clubs because they aren't taking their best players but rather players the big clubs want to get off their books who are on high wages and who without Saudi would stay clogging up a wage bill and pushing clubs closer to FFP. United have got rid of Telles & Ronaldo to there, Chelsea got rid of Koulibaly & Mendy. Newcastle got rid of St Maximin, Bayern got a buyer for Mane, PSG got someone to pay a fee for Neymar & got his extravagant wages of their books. Barcelona found a buyer for Kessie who they seemed to be offering around from the minute they signed him, Inter wanted rid of Brozovic and found a buyer. Liverpool got money into revamp their midfield they were not bidding £110 Million for anyone before the Saudi money came in for Henderson & Fabinho. It's those clubs who are not quite at the very top of the European game that it is bad for.

Another sprinkling of cup magic from Mowbray.

What has happened to Scott Wharton? Before last season he looked a very solid Championship centre back but now he has turned into a liability.

Play by the proper rules during the 90 a 1/3 of a half's stoppage time as we have just seen at Sunderland is utterly ridiculous.

This new stoppage time idea is ridiculous.

He went very Donald Trump for a minute there everything was great from the bus, to the chefs, to the grass and the fans.

For me undoubtedly the best batsman to make his debut for England post WW2.

No quite old enough to be able to remember Hutton & Compton but being able to go back to the late 50's I'd go with. Gooch, Cook, Barrington, May, Pietersen, Stokes, Flintoff, Evans, Laker, Trueman, Willis. 12th man Underwood

Jennings is an excellent player of spin and could be needed if Duckett struggles with Ashwin as he did last time he toured India. Sam Hain I'm a huge fan of it staggers me that he has never played for England in any form of the game, if any upper or middle order batsman were to be unavailable he for me is the best player to bring in. Anderson I'm afraid is finished and England need to look forward. Woakes a fantastic bowler in England but inexplicably is poor overseas. Going forward I would be using Woakes solely at home.

Duckett, Crawley, Jennings, Pope (if fit, if not fit Jamie Smith), Root, Brook, Stokes, Hain, Foakes, Bairstow, Jacks, Leach, Dawson, Ahmed, Wood, Tongue, Robinson & Potts.

Just to win a game in Australia would be something, that we have only won test's in 1 of our last 5 tours is in an embarrassment. Australia come here and regardless of how good a team they have they usually compete our last 3 efforts down under have been pathetic a 5-0 & two 4-0's and one of those would have been 5-0 if not for the weather compare that to the last three in England you have two 2-2's and a 3-2 to England, they have won as many matches on their last 3 tours here as we have on our last 9 tours to Australia. I think it is safe to assume that Anderson won't be in the squad next time we tour there and that will mean that no one in our squad will have ever won a test in Australia.

That was Wood, Woakes was fit

It wouldn't because it would have been all over yesterday or early this morning at the very latest.

Not picking Chris Woakes at Lords a ground he averages 11.33 on with the ball has cost England winning the Ashes. Woakes has been phenomenal since coming in England's player of the series for me.

Yes but he could still do a job the next two winters in India and Pakistan.

Cook is a swing bowler, in a similar mould to Anderson. Atkinson has good pace, hits the pitch hard and can swing the ball. Lawes is just a lovely bowler to watch a good rhythmic run, nice action & at 20 years of age only going to get better. The spin bowling department is pretty bare in addition to those you have mentioned the only other I would add is Liam Dawson.

Sam Cook at Essex is a ready made replacement for Anderson. I watched Tom Lawes bowl for Surrey last week he's only 20 but was very impressive defiantly one to keep an eye, Atkinson at Surrey also gets good pace and bounce. Another lad I like a lot but struggles with fitness is Henry Brookes. You've then got the likes of Fisher, Mahmood & Stone who have played a handful of tests between them but all have had stress fractures within the last year and in the case of the later two they have been recurring.

Because it absolves players of any responsibility.

You can forget about Archer he hasn't played a test in 2.5 years and probably won't be playing many more going forward. All the other's you have named are batsmen so is it only the batting side of the game that you think is work in progress? Because with the age of the England's bowling attacking it is hard to see any of them progressing greatly.

How can you call a team that have a bowling attacking made up of 41, 37, 36, 34 & 33 year olds work in progress. One of those in Broad is already retiring, Moeen will most likely re-retire, Anderson's time is all but up, Wood at 33 won't have many years left with his injury record and Woakes might have a few years left but can't bowl overseas.

It's evolved over this series until yesterday evening when they were too lax and left the door slightly ajar for Australia when it really should have been slammed shut with them chasing over 400. Going into the series England had gotten massively carried away by their own hype and those first two matches were a big reality check.

On Pakistan England have toured Pakistan 9 times for test series winning 3, losing 3 & drawing 3. Although they have won 2 of their last 3 tours there. Broad will be remembered more fondly than Anderson despite being an inferior bowler when at their peaks. English cricketers are best remembered by their performances in Ashes series and Broad has been a phenomenal competitor in Ashes cricket whereas Anderson's record is poor, criminally poor really for someone as good as him.

I know Anderson has a poor record against Australia especially in England but his performances this series are beyond poor. It would have been best for all concerned if he had like Alastair Cook a few years ago retired with grace and dignity and was given the send of at The Oval that his career deserved. He's not going to be a threat in India in the winter and next summer with what should be two routine home series we need to be looking at blooding bowlers for the next Ashes series not playing a 41-42 year old.

Test crowds in India are poor despite them over the last decade being the best team in the format. Crowds in Australia outside of Ashes test's and the boxing day test are rarely close to sell outs. The only country that sells out test cricket is England and that has nothing to do with the way England are playing, in 2021 despite winning just one test all summer grounds were packed. International cricket as a whole not just test cricket is in trouble with the rise of franchise leagues and with the BCCI, ECB and CA continuing to widen the financial gap between themselves and other nations. No it's not it's down to the team to bowl them there is absolutely no reason why sides should not be bowling 90 overs in 6 1/2 hours play.