Andy Humphreys

@JamieMagill5 Gooch Trescothick Trott Root Pietersen Prior Flintoff Swann Gough Broad Anderson

My best England Test XI watching from 1985 onwards 🏏 Rules: only one all rounder allowed and you must have a spinner and a specialist gloveman. Gooch Cook Pietersen Root Gower Stokes * Russell # Swann Broad Harmison Anderson And be nice please 🙏 😊

@henrywinter Foden, Alex Scott and Welbeck for Watkins, Bowen and Madueke.

England do have talent. Just didn’t show it in the two friendlies. But they have good players. Tuchel will travel around, checking on players before naming his World Cup squad at the end of May. Here’s the 26 I’d take to the World Cup… Pickford, D Henderson, Trafford; James, Alexander-Arnold, Konsa, Stones, Maguire, Guehi, Livramento, O'Reilly, Hall; Rice, Anderson, Bellingham, Rogers, Wharton; Kane, Watkins, Rashford, Gordon, Saka, Madueke, Eze, Palmer and Bowen.  Caveats: James, Stones and Watkins have to prove form/fitness. Would have had Garner in midfield but O’Reilly can cover there (and Hall a good left-back). Overloaded with attackers for impact from bench, pens after 120/players off and need to get Watkins in.  More significantly, the man whose decisions matter, Tuchel will go with Jordan Henderson, possibly Burn, definitely no Alexander-Arnold or Maguire. Watkins at risk. #ENG

@BBCMOTD TAA, Alex Scott and Foden for Mainoo, Bowen and Madueke.

Our Chief football writer, Phil McNulty has selected his England World Cup squad. Who'd make it into yours? #BBCFootball

@NoContextCounty An all-time great for us no doubt but both Rehan and Farhan Ahmed will go on to be excellent players for England.

We’re fucked when Adil Rashid retires

@Alasdair333 Smith Tribe Bethell Root Brook J Rew Stokes R Ahmed Atkinson Archer Tongue

Right despite it being about 3 trillion white ball games away, what’s everyone’s XI for England’s first test of the summer against New Zealand?

@wolvespremier We shouldn’t sack him before the window but equally I don’t think he has shown enough (here or elsewhere) to give him significant funds. Get as much as we can for JSL, Andre etc, bring in loans to tie us over to the Summer and make decisions then (on players and the Manager)

Rinse and repeat. Let’s sack Edwards before a window. Then get someone else in who wants an (R) on their CV. Then when he hasn’t won for six weeks - sack him and get another manager in. By my calculations we could get 4 more managers in by May. Give them all three year deals - pay them all off with their backroom team. Offer it back to a former manager …. Who will all get to work with this AMAZING squad of under-achieving athletes. Under the greatest ownership structure our club has ever seen who will back our managers to the hilt in the quest for Premier League glory.

@MediumPaceDobb1 Haines Tribe Root Brook Rew Smith Stokes Atkinson Carson Archer Tongue

Eng squad for 1st Test v NZ, June 2026 (yes, I'm already looking that far ahead) Duckett Hameed Rew Root Brook Stokes Foakes Dawson Atkinson Archer Tongue Bethell Leach Potts #Ashes #Cricket

@WG_RumblePants Yeah, this is on me. Turned on the over before the Jacks dismissal. Back to bed for another 4 years…

I am in a quandary. I woke up and checked the score. England had not lost a wicket. Decided to get up and have shower. Just checked score again upon getting exiting the shower. England have still not lost a wicket. Do I actually take the risk and turn the cricket on?

@CookeeCharlie @TomK03_ Personally think there’s room for all of them. Haines Duckett Stokes Root Brook Rew Smith Kellaway Carse Atkinson Archer

@TomK03_ I think when Root retires, don't see a spot for him until then, he's great but I still want Smith and Brook in that middle order before Rew

Massive fan of a lot of the batters in the Lions team, Emilio Gay, Tom Haines, James and Thomas Rew, Asa Tribe all players I would like to see play for England pretty soon

@_DazzlingDave @_AlwaysWolves Patricio Boly Coady Saiss Doherty Neves Moutinho RAN Cunha Jota Raul Subs: Sa, Semedo, Jonny, Kilman, J Gomes, Lemina, Adama, Neto, Fletcher

I was asked to a Wolves Premier League best XI for BBC Sport, this is what I went with. Who is in yours? #wwfc

@arguebarmis @cricket_badger Worcestershire. Just think Pope is better lower down the order. And a middle order of Root, Brook, Pope, Smith, Stokes looks very strong. Obviously a lot of flexibility in the order though. If Rehan has been bowling for 1.5 days, Pope can go to 3, Stokes up to 7 and Rehan 8.

@andyhumphreys @cricket_badger rehan ahned at 3. you gotta be a leicestershire fan 😏

I've been picking an England 17-man #Ashes squad. What do you think?

@JamieMagill5 Trott was so dependable as a #3. Gooch Cook Trott Root Pietersen Stokes Prior Swann Gough Broad Anderson

This summer marks my 40th of watching our lovely game 🏏 Below is my favourite red ball England XI of that era. 5 batters, 1 all rounder, keeper and 4 bowlers. Thoughts welcome: be nice 😊 Gooch Cook Pietersen Root Gower Stokes (c) Russell # Swann Broad Harmison Anderson

@JamieMagill5 Crawley Duckett Rehan Root Brook Pope Smith Stokes Atkinson Archer Wood McKinney, Bethell, Carse, Tongue, Baker, Dawson, Bashir

This is how I'd go into the 1st Ashes Test at Perth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇦🇺 ⚱️ 1. Crawley 2. Duckett 3. Bethell 4. Root 5. Brook 6. Stokes 7. Smith 8. Dawson 9. Atkinson 10.Wood 11. Archer What about you? #ashes2025 #CricketTwitter

@WG_RumblePants McKinney Duckett Bethell Root Brook Smith Stokes Dawson Woakes J Overton Archer

If I had free reign, this might well be the team I’d select for Lord’s. Sibley Duckett Bethell Root Brook Smith Stokes Dawson Archer Hill Tongue Sibley couldn’t do worse than Crawley. Dawson couldn’t do worse than Bashir. Bethell in for Pope. Hill is worth a look.

@tringathletic Congratulations all. Hugely talented squad, great coaching staff and play superb football. I was lucky enough to be part of the squad that won a League and 2 cups in 1999 but this eclipses that and is the best season in the club’s history. Keep pushing and finish the job off.

GLADWISH TROPHY WINNERS! GET IN THERE!! #TAFC 🔴⚫️

@WG_RumblePants Duckett McKinney Root Brook Smith Stokes Foakes Woakes Rashid Robinson Archer

If the ECB picked the England Test team entirely on merit - an old school selection of the best possible player in each individual position - what would your England team be? To go with this question, here’s an old completely unrelated painting.

@GeorgeDobell1 Still think he forms part of England’s best side for the Summer: Duckett McKinney Stokes Root Brook Bethell Smith Woakes Carse Robinson Archer Which I know is ridiculously harsh on Atkinson (and to a slightly lesser extent Potts and Sam Cook).

This spell was 6-1-15-2 with 2 dropped catches:

@MrRyanLeister @molineuxmusings Should have kept them both and used RAN as the Neto replacement. Front 3 of RAN, Cunha and JSL.

@molineuxmusings If Wolves kept him wide and played to his strengths whilst crossing to Larsen & Munetsi then he’s got to be worth a look with that kind of delivery.

Hugo Bueno 🔥 Jury’s still out for me on Hugo’s all round game and it’s not clear cut that he’s a better defender than RAN. But man can that kid cross a ball.

@benjonescricket Agreed. Also think Ollie Robinson would do really well in those conditions (clearly, he isn’t going to go though). Crawley Duckett Bethell Root Brook Stokes Smith Atkinson Carse Potts / Wood / Robinson Archer

Postcard from Oz to my homeland - nothing this summer makes me think England should pick a spinner over here next year. Lyon's not bowling, India not picking any specialist spinner, retiring their best ever. 84mph nibble taking hatfulls, pitches do loads, Kooka is a cosplay Dukes