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England cricket squad announced
A couple of exciting fast-bowling choices, darling Moeen, and a dour Australian to open the batting (speaking as a cricket sophisticate, I hope he fails)
Also, Chris Woakes? Really? Strikes me as the kind of player who will get the selectorial free pass regardless of form, while, say, James Taylor and Samit Patel languish in perpetual abeyance (ah but Woakes is a reserve bowler! you cry. Well then, why not someone with a bit of devil in him, like Jack Brooks? Ah, but Woakes guarantees consistency, you cry again, and he can bat. The usual compromise!)