David Willey and Tom Curran fight for England’s last World Cup spot http://bit.ly/2wcwfSZ Ali Martin England’s bowlers brace themselves for bad news as Ed Smith gets ready to decide final 15 England will reveal their final World Cup squad at Lord’s on Tuesday morning and for one of the 16 players deployed so far against Pakistan – a series they lead 3-0 going into Sunday’s fifth instalment at Headingley – a huge disappointment awaits. Ed Smith, the national selector who was on site for the tense three-wicket victory at Trent Bridge on Friday, will need to be spot on when delivering the bad news. In all likelihood it will be one of the bowlers who is on the other end of the line for the dreaded phone call, unless Smith cuts loose his pet project, Joe Denly, and opts for one batsman and four seamers in reserve. The question now, albeit with one final audition still to come in Leeds, is who? Continue reading... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J May 18, 2019 at 07:19PM

England’s bowlers brace themselves for bad news as Ed Smith gets ready to decide final 15

England will reveal their final World Cup squad at Lord’s on Tuesday morning and for one of the 16 players deployed so far against Pakistan – a series they lead 3-0 going into Sunday’s fifth instalment at Headingley – a huge disappointment awaits.

Ed Smith, the national selector who was on site for the tense three-wicket victory at Trent Bridge on Friday, will need to be spot on when delivering the bad news. In all likelihood it will be one of the bowlers who is on the other end of the line for the dreaded phone call, unless Smith cuts loose his pet project, Joe Denly, and opts for one batsman and four seamers in reserve. The question now, albeit with one final audition still to come in Leeds, is who?

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