"Well played son. You almost won us a game we had no right to get close in at the Oval. By the way, you're dropped". I'm guessing that's the conversation captain and coaches had with Adil Rashid ahead of the one-dayer at Lord's.
How typically English. Which other side in world cricket drops bowlers - any bowlers, let alone the pick of the attack - to compensate for batting failures? How can it be that the ones sweating on selection after a collapse aren't those responsible for getting the runs? It's a mystery. And the even more stupid thing is that Rashid was the pick of the batters as well as bowling superbly well. I've nothing against Eoin Morgan, quite the reverse. I think he'll make a fine player and he would warrant a call-up should any of the top order fail. That top order failed, as England ODI top orders are wont to do, and yet it's a young, impressive bowler that gets the chop. Ludicrous. The selection policy is completely backwards and England will never be a force in one day cricket while it persists.
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