Who will England pick for first Pakistan Test at Emirates Old Trafford?

Will stuart Broad play? Jimmy Anderson or Mark Wood? Chris Woakes ir Sam Curran?

One of the biggest talking points of this more bizarre cricketing summers has been over what team England will pick - even more than usual.i

'Rest and rotation' was always expected for a gruelling schedule consisting of six Test matches spaced across only seven weeks, but Stuart Broad's omission for the first of those was still a massive shock.

So, ahead of the first Test against Pakistan on Wednesday predictions made to which direction England will go in this time, assessing the options they have available to them...