We need more than four letter words

Posted by Tony Hutton

John Winn's ingenious selection of an England team which could appear on twitter has one main problem. They are unlikely to win any more matches than their predecessors.
I have tried to avoid all reference to the sad events on the other side of the world, other than to quote, also on twitter, from a sign displayed in the crowd at the India v Ireland game which read - 'Best team in the world beats the best team in Europe'.

Surely the answer lies in a solution which could have been put into place in the 1960s if Yorkshire had applied for Test playing status ahead of the likes of Bangladesh and Zimbabwe. Then you could have something like a team, which would read Lyth, Lees, Root, Ballance, Gale (capt), Bairstow, Rashid, Plunkett, Bresnan, Brooks and Sidebottom. Coach - Jason Gillespie, plus the only man allowed to give press and TV interviews - Dickie Bird. This of course includes Ballance as the compulsory overseas player.

Some might argue that the team from the 1960s might have been even better, given a line up of - Boycott, Taylor, Sharpe, Padgett, Hampshire, Close, Illingworth, Binks, Trueman, Don Wilson and Nicholson. However I suppose it's no good living in the past. We must look to the future and immediately begin a concentrated programme to look for players with four letter word names who could be assimilated into the England system almost from birth. All training could then be conducted by the successful England women's team.

This may all seem rather far fetched, but can it be any worse than the strange selection policies of recent years?