Read in a national paper last week that test selector Bailey "has stopped short of guaranteeing Warner will open for the first Ashes test (very good) but sees a scenario where Mitch Marsh could play alongside Cam Green". It was inferred he meant as an opener. Uzzy would most likely think, "so where in the name of Allah do I fit into the picture?"

To me, opening with a white ball on a deck like a road in India (or Australia), where getting 60 in 30 balls is an excellent innings, is somewhat different than opening an Ashes test on an Englis