He has already proved he is a good player in ODI's and Twenty20. His 86 for Kings Punjab XI in IPL showed he will be in England team for years to come.

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Good fantasy comp here for the Tests and ODIs. www.cricketweb.net/fantasycricket/

Onions or Bresnan seems to be the big choice in that team. Personally I'd go with Onions, those 6 wickets for Durham will give him loads of confidence going into the first team.

I like the look of our battling line up with Bopara at 3 and Prior at 6. Even when Flintoff is fit Prior should stay at 6 as he's the superior batsman and can score plenty of hundreds for England.

As for the bowling i think thats where the problem is going to be when it comes to taking 20 wickets against the West indies and especially against Australia. I like Anderson and Broad who've both developed nicely but i don't see either really cleaning a team up, Flintoff when back is obviously world class but doesn't take enough wickets and Swann is another who i just can't see rattling through a line up.

We'll have one bowling spot open imo and we could do with a real pace merchant who takes wickets. A player that may go for a few runs but will get you wickets like Simon Jones did in the last Ashes series.

A player like that would give the attack good balance.

Both will play and one of the spinners (probably Panesar) will miss out.

England batting after being invited to by Mr Gayle.

28-1....Strauss gone having a left hander flash outside off stump.

There's a shock.

The usual start to an English Test innings.

Sems to happen more to lefties than right-handers for some reason.

The angle - takes the ball away from the left hander making it more difficult to judge than a right arm over delivery to a right hander which normally just comes straight on unless it moves in the air or off the pitch.

88-1 at Lunch, Ravi has done quite well, decent start to the match all in all.

Especially after being invited to have a bat. Seeing as Strauss has said he'd probably have bowled as well, it looks like a good toss to lose.

Cook gone and Pietersen gets a golden duck.

KP got a belter.

Collingwood now gone 110-4.

193-5 Good partnership between Prior/Bopara but Prior goes for 42.

fx: 12th man Richie Benaud
Pretty poor shot that

Thought KP did well to hit that.....what a corker of a delivery.

Bopara's getting twitchy now on 96..

Reasonable day from England's point of view, Bresnan got a bad call though.

Aye poor decision, if we can get around 330ish it could prove to be a decent score. Bopara was excellent and has taken his chance unlike Shah.

Bloody hell 11:30 in the morning and off for bad light, only in England.

Back on again now 325-7, Swann finally getting some runs.

Bopara gone for 143, holed out at mid-off. Swann still there on 55, England 368-8.

368-8 Bopara gone for 143, Swann 55no.