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Originally Posted by NoJacket
I'm so annoyed James Taylor didn't get the call up for England. We rarely seem to give the young players a go. If Tendulkar was English he probably wouldn't have made his Test debut until he was in his mid-twenties.
I agree about Taylor but not for that reason (I just don't like Bopara and would rather anyone than him). England are trying to beat the no.1 ranked team in the world at home, surely you pick your best team. Bopara is not in that best team for me but the selectors obv think he is. It's not like players can only improve when playing for England. Strauss was 27 when he first played I think and slotted in straight away.