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Who's next, as England attempt to solve batting woes?

Jul 19, 2017: England will need at least one new face in the batting line-up for the third Test against South Africa after Gary Ballance suffered a broken finger

Middlesex v Yorkshire, Specsavers Championship Div Two, Lord's, Day 1

Stirling takes his chance with maiden Championship ton

Jun 19, 2017: Paul Stirling, with his maiden Championship century, and Sam Robson put Middlesex in control against Yorkshire

Middlesex v Essex, Specsavers Championship Div One, Lord's, 1st day

Robson battles for an England retrial

Apr 21, 2017: The turnout was more modest than that which saw Middlesex take the title at Lord's last September but their look of champions remained ingrained as Sam Robson and Nick Gubbins took control

Hampshire v Middlesex, Specsavers Championship Div One, Ageas Bowl, 3rd day

Injury-hit Hampshire make spirited comeback against champions Middlesex

Apr 14, 2017: Sam Robson and Steve Eskinazi both scored half-centuries before getting out in their 80s as Middlesex opened their Specsavers County Championship title defence

England's top-order problems

Who's next? Alastair Cook's opening partners since Strauss

Dec 7, 2016: Mark Stoneman will be Alastair Cook's 12th opening partner since the retirement of Andrew Strauss in 2012. ESPNcricinfo takes a look at the men who've had the call

Lancashire v Middlesex, Specsavers Championship Div One, Old Trafford, 1st day

Energised Middlesex keep title glory in their sights

Sep 12, 2016: Middlesex have laid the groundwork for a total which will require them to bat only once in this match and move a step closer to the County Championship title

Warwickshire v Middlesex, Specsavers Championship Div One, Edgbaston, 3rd day

Middlesex close in after late wickets

Sep 2, 2016: Middlesex will begin the final day against Warwickshire at Edgbaston needing seven wickets to take a huge stride towards lifting their first Championship title for 23 years

Middlesex v Somerset, Specsavers Championship Div 1, Lord's, 3rd day

Gubbins' 'dream' hundred watched in secret by his parents

May 24, 2016: Nick Gubbins scored his maiden first-class hundred, in front of his parents, but another draw beckons for these two sides

Middlesex v Somerset, Specsavers Championship Div 1, Lord's, 2nd day

Vinyl Robson still a hit for Middlesex

May 23, 2016: In an age of T20 specialism, Sam Robson is proving that there can be another way, with his latest half-century guiding Middlesex's response to 376

Surrey v Middlesex, Specsavers Championship, Div One, Kia Oval, 1st day

Curran leads Surrey fightback as Gubbins falls short again

May 15, 2016: Surrey captured seven prime wickets in the space of 65 overs on a blameless surface at the Kia Oval to fight back against Middlesex

Nottinghamshire v Middlesex, Specsavers Championship Div 1, Lord's, 2nd day

Robson rises while Compton falls

May 9, 2016: Sam Robson continued his impressive early season with a third Championship hundred of the summer, but there was more pain for Nick Compton

Hampshire v Middlesex, Specsavers Championship Div 1, Ageas Bowl, 2nd day

Malan battles back on rain-hit day

May 2, 2016: Middlesex batsman Dawid Malan staged a batting comeback after the visiting county lost early wickets

Middlesex v Warwickshire, County Championship, Division One, Lord's, 4th day

Robson equals records and stirs selectors

Apr 20, 2016: Sam Robson equalled the Middlesex record for most runs in a match and showed a discipline that will reawaken the interest of England's selectors

Middlesex v Warwickshire, County Championship, Division One, Lord's, 1st day

Robson revives memories of the good times

Apr 17, 2016: Sam Robson's name has slipped down the list of potential England partners since the last of his seven Tests in August 2014.

Notts v Middlesex, LV= Championship, Division One, Trent Bridge, 4th day

Robson rediscovers touch as tepid draw sets in

Jul 8, 2015: Sam Robson put aside a poor run of form to notch a much-needed century in tame draw

Middlesex v Durham, LV= County Championship Division One, Lord's, 1st day

Robson 178 sends England reminder

May 2, 2015: It is eight and a half months since Sam Robson sloped back to the pavilion at The Oval after his last innings for England but at two minutes past three on Saturday afternoon, Robson dabbed Scott Borthwick through backward point to bring up his first centu

England in West Indies 2015

Lyth, Wood and Rashid in Test squad

Mar 18, 2015: England have included three uncapped players in their squad for the three-Test tour of the West Indies, which takes place next month

England in West Indies 2015

Trott in contention as England switch focus

Mar 17, 2015: The World Cup is just getting into the swing of the knockout stages but England are long gone, with Alastair Cook preparing to resume the captaincy for a Test tour of the West Indies

England Lions in South Africa 2014-15

Trott's success tops Lions report

Jan 22, 2015: Two four-days game in tough conditions tested England Lions. The play-off for an opening berth remained unsettled while Mark Wood emerged from the fast bowling attack

England Lions in South Africa 2014-15

Thorpe wisdom benefits Lions

Jan 17, 2015: Graham Thorpe feels the international scheduling is such that he is looking at whether the England Lions are good enough not for a ten-year career at the highest level, but an eight-year one