Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

"For English cricket to win away from home it has to be runs on the board, then the spinners come into play. I'm looking around and the spin cupboard is bare. Rashid isn't bowling well, but could be a matchwinner. If Monty can flick them out like he used to, he could get back in the side."

Thomas Joseph: Where does the points system leave sponsors? Do you run the risk of devaluing both Test & limited-overs products in this way?

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

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"I would be amazed if Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad are on the plane to Bangladesh. Give them a rest."

Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"How well is Monty Panesar bowling for Northants? India wouldn't want to create turners if he goes there. It will be as tough as it gets for England this winter. Where are the spinners, who will stand up for that tour?"

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Stewart Edgar: Why not introduce a Davis Cup-style format for Test cricket?? Make it meaningful in its own right.

Ed Smith
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

"England need a batting order that has got confidence. When they have that looking better I would think about managing senior bowlers. Item one has to be less reliance on Cook and Root."

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

"England are well worth turning up and watching. They can bat well for 80 minutes, then lose three wickets and you think 'where has that come from?' They are entertaining."

Tim J Baxter: Agree with @MichaelVaughan, external@Swannyg66, external points system is an utter nonsense. Fix over rate in tests, real punishments req'd.

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

"I wouldn't give a damn. I would just want to win for my team. I don't think the 'Super Series' has got any relevance. To announce it last night, I don't think anyone can really put it together for this series. In the future it might be something we look back on and say, 'that Andrew Strauss is a genius'. But at the moment I can't see how it well make cricket gel together."

Thomas Measures: Spot on by @MichaelVaughan, external. We need a Test Championship. At the moment Test matches are nothing more then glorified friendlies.

Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"T20 should drag 50-over cricket. I doubt if you could find me two in 10 people who genuinely love 50-over cricket. Test cricket is the pinnacle and you dilute it by dragging it into 50-over cricket. Fifty-over cricket has failed, it's had its time. It could be scrapped. A seven-match T20 series would sell out."

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

"I don't get it. It doesn't rock my boat. I think T20 cricket and Test cricket is a different sport. The focus has to be how do we make Test cricket stand alone. By bringing them all together, you will dilute Test match cricket.

"The administrators have to look at Test cricket. They have to make promotion and relegation, so there's a relevance."

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Andrew Strauss on Alastair Cook's imminent milestone of 10,000 Test runs: "It's about longevity. It's about getting stuck in, it's about being able to do it all around the world."

Andrew Strauss on day-night Tests: "There's much more of a will around the world to embrace day-night Tests. There's still some niggley issues, but, in principle, I'm for it. If people can come after work and see a stunning spectacle in the five-day format, I'm for it."

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Andrew Strauss on appointing Trevor Bayliss as England coach: "I felt we need to make a change. I had some ideas on a few people that I knew.

"I didn't know Trevor but the more I looked into it the more I liked his CV. You're looking for someone to be able to adapt - and then he also had a very good record in white-ball cricket. Speaking to him over the phone, I got a really good idea of his understanding of the game, which was very well connected with my views. The more I spoke to him, the more I thought, 'this guy will do well'."

Josh Bramwell: England's top order picking up from where they left off in the winter I see.

Richard Jebb: Nice to see England sticking to their tried and tested tactic of losing 3 early wickets! Victory certain!!

Frank Scotton: You know it's the start of summer when our first batting collapse occurs.

And again! As Strauss has a little coughing fit, Aggers tells him that he's able to turn his microphone off.

"There's a button there that you should have used once at Lord's, I recall."

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Andrew Strauss on his tenure as director of England cricket: "When you take on a job like this, I was pretty confident I knew what I was doing to the England team. Thankfully we have seen an uplift in our performances and our white-ball team is playing a very different style of cricket.

"But this job is much broader than that - and I've loved every minute. This is an opportunity for me to make a difference in some way. And we all like to be challenged, don't we?"

Colin R Docherty: Poor by England took 20 overs out of the game and then collapse.

Harry Cunningham: Nice to see England trying to make Test cricket on a flat pitch exciting!

Raffael Hirt: Nothing like a good ole English demi-collapse to start off the summer.