After a seemingly long period of batting collapses we seem to have stumbled upon a couple of good young players with solid techniques. Now if they can avoid catching the batting-malaise diesese that's infected their new colleagues then we should prosper.
As has been mentioned, assuming Cook continues and I'm beginning to question if he's lost the hunger for international cricket, a line up of Cook, Hameed, Jennings, Root, Bairstow, Stokes, Buttler, Ali, Woakes, Broad & Anderson looks strong.
I think they may well look to develop Rashid as a test player as he offers more wth the ball. I like Ali but he's disappointed on this tour. He doesn't deserve to be dropped but Rashid is improving as a bowler.
In this series I think Buttler deserves huge credit. He's played two innings of patience and maturity which is excellent from a player who had not played red ball cricket for so long.
