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I like Woakes, but it’d take some very special conditions for me to pick him ahead of Wood and Archer. I don’t think these are they. 1.34pm BST
Lunchtime email: “Surely
Cricket teams have picked an XI to suit the conditions throughout Test history. By the rationale you’ve given we also shouldn’t pick an extra spinner when playing on a big turning pitch in Colombo, for instance. Horses for courses.”
No, I’m not saying that. Picking an extra spinner on a raging bunsen is not the same thing as picking two quicks who’ve been brilliant lately, over someone not quite as good.