Just over a month now before we depart..
Squad is:
Alastair Cook (captain), Joe Root, Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen, Ian Bell, Gary Ballance, Michael Carberry, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes, Matt Prior (vice-captain), Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, James Anderson, Monty Panesar, Steven Finn, Boyd Rankin, Chris Tremlett.
Of those selection,
Gary Ballance, hmmm, not sure on this one, unless he pulls up trees in the warmup games he'll have to familiarise himself with the Gatorade bottles!
Michael Carberry, I've liked him for a while, however I thought his chance had come and gone, did nothing special in the ODIs I'd have taken the wee lad from Notts, James Taylor.
Monty Panesar, agree with this, he's a better spinner than people give him credit for!
Why take all these three? Steven Finn, Boyd Rankin, Chris Tremlett, much of a muchness, there is no real cover for Anderson in this squad, I'd have taken Onions, not sure who'd I'd drop, prob. Tremlett?