Just been looking at England's fixtures for 2018 and the way the season is structured seems different/strange.eg Aussies over for just white-ball games and the India Tests at the back endhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/teams/england/fixtures
Squad for NZ Testshttps://www.ecb.co.uk/news/590619Surprised that Curran has been dropped
As Paul says Bairstow and Buttler play. Bairstow and Root are the best batsmen across all formats and have to play whatever.