You’d trust him to bury the body, surely?

Moeen again? There must have been some thought put into putting him at three second innings so I’d expect the experiment to be given more than one innings.

But seriously, who should bat at 3 next time?

Cook or Stokes?

(obviously, the correct answer is Bell)

Moving from 3 to 4 makes about 5 minutes difference.

This is half true. We can’t see how it makes much difference for Root to move from three to four but the vacuum in the top order means stroke players who aren’t much good against the new ball are finding themselves bumped up significantly to spots where their effectiveness is minimised.

It doesn’t matter where you bat. Just go out and score runs.

This tinkering and fossicking about is catching.

Is Buttler batting better, when he is a vice captain ?

Seems like it. Or maybe he bats better when he doesn’t have a broken finger.