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May as well get the thread started ready now autumn is upon us.

The squad.

Ben Stokes (captain), Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Shoaib Bashir, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook (vice-captain), Brydon Carse, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Ollie Pope, Matthew Potts, Joe Root, Jamie Smith (wicketkeeper), Josh Tongue, Mark Wood.

The schedule

November

21-25 1st Test, Perth (Optus Stadium) (02:30 GMT)

December

4-8 2nd Test, Brisbane (d/n) (04:30 GMT)

17-21 3rd Test, Adelaide (00:00 GMT)

26-30 4th Test, Melbourne (23:30 GMT, 25-29 Dec)

January

4-8 5th Test, Sydney (23:30 GMT, 3-7 Jan)

Let’s get it on.

Not so sure. The Aussie top 3 is fragile and as good as the pace attack has been they’re not getting any younger. Can see it being 2-2 or 3-2 either way.

I’ve been loving the early chat in that thread, especially all the guesses about how the batting order might shuffle. Stuff like that keeps me checking back in the same way I hop onto score8win.com during downtime for a quick mental break. I’m keen to see if others think Stokes will stick with the more aggressive calls or if we might see a surprise name pushed up the order this time.