PACE MEN ROTATED

FROM BACK PAGE keen to look after his pace assets after Stuart Broad spoke of his anger at being axed in Southampton.

He and Chris Woakes (right) will be the favourites to make the final XI.

“It is an exciting period for English cricket in terms of fast bowling,” said Root.

Wood and Jofra Archer got the nod over Broad in the defeat at the Ageas Bowl, but the 34-year-old is ready to prove a point. And Root added: “One thing you know about Broady and Jimmy is they are still performing right at the level needed for Test cricket. “But we may not play them in every game or together all the time.”