English cricket is emerging from a transitional stage led by the management of Trevor Bayliss and the ever-reliable Alastair Cook and James Anderson, but there’s plenty of talent waiting in the wings for when the old guard decide to move aside.
The likes Joe Root and Jos Buttler are creating history on the biggest stage, but which prodigious English (and Welsh) talents could join them in the years come? We’ve picked the ones-to-watch for 2016:
Daniel Bell-Drummond (Age 23, Kent)
Stats 2016
First-class: 816 runs (102.00 ave)
List A: 582 runs (58.20 ave)
Twenty20: 379 runs (54.14 ave, 148.04 sr)
Tom Abell (Age 22, Somerset)
Stats 2016
First-class: 264 runs (18.85 ave)
List A: 106 runs (53.00 ave)
Twenty20: N/A
Ben Duckett (Age 21, Northamptonshire)
Stats 2016
First-class: 746 runs (46.62 ave)
List A: 884 runs (110.50 ave)
Twenty20: 360 runs (45.00 ave, 138.46 sr)
Aneurin Donald (Age 19, Glamorgan)
Stats 2016
First-class: 784 runs (43.55 ave)
List A: 109 runs (15.57 ave)
Twenty20: 234 runs (29.25 ave, 132.20 sr)
Daniel Lawrence (Age 19, Essex)
Stats 2016
First-class: 788 runs (46.35 ave)
List A: 93 runs (13.28 ave)
Twenty20: 222 runs (27.75 ave, 118.08 sr)
Sam Hain (Age 21, Warwickshire)
Stats 2016
First-class: 339 runs (21.18 ave)
List A: 424 runs (70.66 ave)
Twenty20: 371 runs (33.72 ave, 120.84 sr)
Ben Foakes (Age 23, Surrey)
Stats 2016
First-class: 733 runs (48.86 ave), 30 ct, 2 st
List A: 224 runs (56.00 ave), 10 ct, 1 st
Twenty20: 58 runs (14.50 ave, 109.43 sr), 9 ct, 2 st
Sam Curran (Age 18, Surrey)
Stats 2016
First-class: 256 runs (32.00 ave), 9 wkts (44.00 ave)
List A: 140 runs (35.00 ave), 5 wkts (39.80 ave)
Twenty20: 134 runs (13.40 ave, 100.75 sr), 11 wkts (7.89 econ)
Craig Overton (Age 22, Somerset)
Stats 2016
First-class: 229 runs (19.08 ave), 27 wkts (33.18 ave)
List A: 72 runs (18.00 ave), 5 wkts (62.20 ave)
Twenty20: 5 runs (–.–), 2 wkts (10.23 econ)
Jamie Overton (Age 22, Somerset)
Stats 2016
First-class: 161 runs (23.00 ave), 17 wkts (22.47 ave)
List A: 47 runs (47.00 ave), 4 wkts (25.25 ave)
Twenty20: 38 runs (7.60 ave, 135.71 sr), 14 wkts (9.30 econ)
Tom Curran (Age 21, Surrey)
Stats 2016
First-class: 28 wkts (41.14 ave)
List A: 14 wkts (26.85 ave)
Twenty20: 28 wkts (7.76 econ)
