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Bumble's Blog: England will stay all at sea against spin if they remain so static

Batsmen can't drop anchor in T20s if they are going to push the boundaries...

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The other thing England have got to ask themselves is have they got their batters in the right places? Ravi Bopara is totally wasted coming in at seven. I hear all this stuff about these lads being finishers, but how about finding three or four starters first? I caught up with Ravi last week and was interested to find out about his chicken business. Players have always got to be thinking about what they are going to do outside of cricket once they've retired. I know that Tim Bresnan is involved in an educational, cricket coaching app with Andrew Gale, captain of Yorkshire, called iCrick, which is an excellent app for young children. Then there's Alastair Cook who has got his farm, of course, while we all know that Andrew Strauss is going to be the next Prime Minister.. Watch the second Twenty20 international between the West Indies and England live on Sky Sports on Tuesday from 6pm on Sky Sports 2.

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