Ashley Giles has done very good job as Lancashire head coach.

Lancs win the 20/twenty comp

I would agree about bringing back Ballance and put him in at 5 where he seems to be more comfortable.

We struggled against the spin of Lyon which does not bode well for having to face Pakistan's spin duo of Ajmal and leg spinner Yasir Shah on spinner friendly surfaces.

Arent England/Bayliss bringing in Mahela Jayawardene in for test series to help our batsmen with spin?

I agree with Jim that Ballance will return to the squad for UAE with Pakistan.

My squad for that trip would be:-

Batsmen:-

Cook, Hales, Bell, Root, Ballance, Bairstow(back up wk), J.Taylor

All rounders:-

Stokes, Ali

Wicketkeeper:-

Buttler

Fast Bowlers:-

Board, Anderson, Wood, Finn, Plunkett

Spinners:-

Rashid, Riley

Rovers wont be involved in a relegation battle IMO.

I know some of you wont like me for saying that but that is my view.

Will change if Rhodes did leave tho

I would take 3 spinners to the Uae and play 2 of there

My spinners would be Rashid, Ali and Riley.

Chaddy has a bee in his bonnet about Rashid and just like his relentless criticism of Robbo he will pursue it until we are all sick of it or until he gets picked.

Not at All Al but yet again you just resist but have a dig.

I would play Rashid at the Oval and we will need 2 spinners in the UAE when we play Pakistan.

I think Rashid is a better spinner than Ali thats is all

Scored loads? Not really. He scored a triple century. Then because Strauss said what he did. KP decided to end his time at Surrey and go and play in CPL. Instead of saying stuff the money and I will play County Cricket for season prove to Strauss that I am still good enough to play for England by scoring 1500 runs plus this season and put pressure on Strauss and the selectors to pick him by weight of runs but instead he choose option A. His choice btw

Look at Bairstow who has scored century after century and get his place back into the team by scoring runs week in week out NOT JUST in 1 game like KP.

Of course I'm happy that the Aussies surrendered to us but the team could be so much better with KP in place of Lyth. Choosing teams because of personal dislikes is so wrong.

KP opening the batting now? that's a new one. the Team has moved on from the KP issue and this one has been done and dusted now. he aint coming back. if KP wants to play for England then why isn't he playing for Surrey in the 50 over comp or even first class cricket now the CPL is over with?

Also notice that KP's mouthpiece Piers Morgan has STOP slagging Cook off now. funny that isn't it

Bell at 3 and Root at 4 is right.

I would give Lyth this next test and so what he does

Al, yet again its your opinion.

Also Al, are you happy that England won the ashes or are you still unhappy cos KP isnt playing for this England team that won the ashes without him

Name one signing at the signing point you have not lorded praise on .

Tunnicliffe. didn't know much about him at all.

Modeste. Gestede(didn't know much about him either), and Delfouneso(said he might ok signing and could turn into a good signing if he develop his talent he had when he was Villa under Martin O'Neill. but after yesterday he wasn't good)

but this is the cricket thread so lets discuss the cricket.

Daft. ? It's true .like every player rovers sign you say it's a good signing

Not true tho Abbey but its suited your argument.

Chad ... Not directing this anywhere but f me you back ANY eatablishment no matter what ... You Would back Adolf if it meant brown tongueing the power

yet again Abbey you as per usual go OTT with daft comments like that

Establishment? I backed Cook cos I think he is a good Captain and this series has proved this.

KP issue is dead now. KP will play around the world in the twenty20 comp and good luck to him with that

we have a good team going forward in Test and one day format.

Root is a class player and will only get better in years to come

Sorry not having that. We won the tests because Australia were unbelievably poor. KP is still our best batsman and the side would be better for his inclusion. Chaddy just backed the establishment as he invariably does.

Australia were poor cos we made them very poor by playing good cricket against them. Plus they were unbelieve arrogant with their cricket. Got what they deserve.

Backed the Establishment? Really? I just wanted to move on from this KP debate now. KP has gone. Wont play for England. Great player but he gone.

We have new team now with Root, Stokes, Buttler and Wood all performing.

I would be bring in Rashid for Finn and play 2 spinners at the Oval cos we will need to play 2 spinners against Pakistan in the UAE.

Credit to Chaddy I say, he said we'd not need KP to win the ashes and he was absolutely bang on the money.

Tremendous display by England, no idea where it came from, but I'm not complaining.

I just felt that players like Root, Bell, Board and Anderson would be crucial for us to win the ashes back if they performed.

Also Cook deserves huge credit for his captaincy and Bayliss/Farbrace aswell

The ashes are coming home and where there belong.

Good night Australia.

They dont have any batsmen coming through tho.

Looking like Mark Wood will replace Anderson in the starting 11.

I reckon England win in this test match and bring the ashes home where they belong

Plunkett and Footitt added to the England squad.

Footitt is a left arm fast bowler.

I thought that Chris Woakes will be call up to the squad to replace Anderson

Good performance by England.

Bell back in form.

Finn's bowling was superb.

Let's go and win the next test.

Will Australia make changes? Clarke out of form, Voges struggling? Stark not bowling well enough? Haddin to come back in?

I would bring in Mark Wood for James Anderson now he is out of the next test match

Finn's bowling yesterday was top class and back to the old Steven Finn.

Hopefully we can get over 450 and over 300 runs lead in the game. Then we need to take another 10 wickets to win the game.

Very good bowling display by Anderson, Board and Finn.

I think Lyth is trying to be far too attacking. Poor dismissal.

Bell played very well until he played a Stupid shot to Lyth

We need a pitch that helps our English bowlers. We need to take 20 wickets to win the test match.

Looking forward to see Bairstow playing test cricket again and hope he played the short ball much better

very pleased that Bairstow have been called up to the squad. would have like to see James Taylor in the squad.

Media reports ar saying that Bell will bat number 3, Root at Number 4 and Bairstow at number 6

Also wouldn't be surprised to see Rashid or Finn play in the next test.

Botham, Warne, Ponting, Hussain, Atherton all saying that Root should bat at 3 in the test.

I see James Taylor and Bairstow both scored centuries today for their counties. Maybe bring one of those in at number 5.