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For the casual observer, the decisions to drop Sam Curran and Ollie Pope at Trent Bridge and Southampton respectively seemed harsh.
However, those calls were less about the merits of each player and more about a desire by England to replicate the success they have had in white-ball cricket in the Test format.
Joe Root admitted as much on the eve of...