The summer of the test match is approaching.
England begins a nine -month -month -old red ball cricket with a single game against Zimbabwe on Trent Bridge from May 22, before five games in India and then five away in Australia while they seek to win ashes for the first time since 2015.
So who should open the coercion for those challenges?
Ben Ducket is a shooa after average over 40 and scores more than 2,000 runs in 28 games since returning to the team in 2022-But his high-order partner is ready for debate due to Zak Crawley’s average of 15.14 in all of his last 14 rehearsals.
England appreciates Crawley a lot and has put a lot of confidence in him.
They have been willing to accept a lack of consistency because of what he is capable of the best, highlighted by an average north of 40 against Australia and a sublime 189 against them during the Ashes 2023 test in the Emirates Old Trafford.
However, there are players who make a matter in the county championship cricket, so perhaps the Crawley-Ducket’s partnership is not set in stone …
Zak Crawley
Man in possession of Crawley On average only 8.66 in New Zealand at the end of last year, with a high score of 21 in six cases and four one -digit holidays, and he has spent only fifty once in his last eight tests that extend last summer.
However, the shot has flourished against Australia in the past, and England thinks he can do this again when the grace is kept in what can be very good and the real fields this winter.
England of the value of England Zak Crawley Many, but the opening has fought for the Cricket Test of Late Test
Promoting Crawley at the top of the order has been a distinctive sign of the Basber era so far, helping England come forward in games even if individual mega results have often avoided it.
The hierarchy is about Crawley and it seems unlikely that faith will still fade, but if its lean form continues against Zimbabwe and India, a decision may have to be made.
Tom Haines
Sussex Haine’s leftist defender is the leading scorer in the District Championship Division One at the time of writing-449 in three games with his two hundred including a 174 knock against Surrey.
We know the director of England of Cricket Rob Key is a fan, with his latest tweet before taking that role three years ago saying that Haines “looks a good bloody player in my humble opinion”. Numbers Return Numbers As the average of Haine’s career is a shade under 40 years of age.
Rehan Ahmed
Rehan Ahmed has begun opening the collision for Leicestershire at the District Championship
That would be a Maverick act but we know that England is not immune to them.
Comprehensive Religation of the Foot Rolling, Rest has moved to the top of the order for Leicestershire this season and has gone to Biff 77 out of 59 balls against derbyshire and then a 149-top against Lancashire. Attacking the summer opening position seems to worship.
Choosing Rehran to open along with Duckett would also allow them to put another rotary on the side – he could also be the only spinner if the shoaib Bashir was preferred by another seaman – so maybe this selection would not be as much as it seems.
Jacob Bethell
Speaking about the elections there and Bethell was many of them when he was called to the England test team for the New Zealand series and eventually ended up colliding with No. 3, despite having never scored a hundred professionals.
Jacob Bethell impressed at No. 3 in New Zealand, so he could jump to the top of the order?
But the 21-year-old released himself very well, marking three half centuries, including 96 in his second test, while playing practically as a cutter. In all three tests, Bethell never came later than the fifth, so perhaps the opening could be in his future.
Warwickshire’s husband may be out of candidacy for the Zimbabwe test because of his IPL with the royal challenging Bengaluru and may be that if he stays in the long run of England XI he nudges Ollie Pope for place 3.
Ben McKinney
Durham’s McKinney, 20, is a player with real promises, marking a century for the Lions of England in Australia during the winter and then gathering 153 against Warwickshire in the District Championship last week.
Ben McKinney remembers Sky Sports’ Charles Dagnall to Marcus Trescoth
Speaking of the former Capiten of England under 19, Heavenly Pundit Charles Dagnall said: “I know how much England like McKinney, who is tall and reminds me of Marcus trescoth.
“His standing work is minimal, but his eyes are fantastic. He is powerful, powerful and has strong protection.”
Alex Lees
McKinney Durham’s teammate and left -wing friend Lees was there at the beginning of Bazball just to gather from England and was replaced by Docket as Crawley’s opening partner in late 2022.
Alex Lees has just scored a hundred big for Durham
Lees responded to his fall by gathering over 1,300 runs – including five hundred and as many as fifty – in the district championship in 2023, before making 924 jogging in 2024 to return his team to high flight.
This year, the 32-year-old has just scored 172 against his former Yorkshire man at a strike rate in the north of the 70s.
Who else can be in the mix?
The previous three steps of England in Haseb hameed (Nottinghamshire), Necessity (Surrey) and Keaton Jennings (Lancashire) will hope that their names will be mentioned in the selection meetings after the proper start of the season.
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Michael Atherton and Nasser Hussain discuss whether England players selected in the past should be able to return after improvement of the circuit cricket
In fact, the beginning of Sibley has been better than two hundred and two centuries in its five cases so far, though its 42th May strike may hinder its hopes for a retreat.
Hameed recorded the beginnings of 92 and 138 not in its previous two exits, while in the Division two, Jennings recorded 55, 49, 96 and 49 for Lancashire before two free exits against Leicestershire.
Men’s test matches in England this summer
All games at 11am in the UK and Ireland; All live in Sky Sports
- VS Zimbabve: Thursday 22 May -e Sunday 25 May – Bridge of Trent
- VS India: Friday June 20 -e Tuesday June 24 – Headingley
- VS India: Wednesday 2 July -e Sunday July 6 – Edgbaston
- VS India: Thursday July 10th July 14th – Lord’s
- VS India: Wednesday 23 July -e Sunday July 27 – Emirates Old Trafford
- VS India: Thursday 31 July -e Tuesday August 4 – Kia Oval
ASHES series in Australia 2025-26
All time in the UK and Ireland
- First Test: Friday 21 November – November 25 (2.30AM) – Optus Stadium, Perth
- Second test: Thursday 4 December -Montane December 8 (4.30 morning) – Gabba, Brisbane
- Third test: Wednesday 17 December -e Sunday 21 December (12:00) – Adelaide Oval
- Fourth test: Thursday 25 December -the day of the day 29 December (11.30 afternoon) – Melbourne Cricket Ground
- Fifth Test: Sunday January 4 -e Thursday January 8 (11.30 afternoon) – Sydney Cricket Ground
