Joe Root may be able to relax and enjoy the next few weeks after guiding England to a 4-1 Test series win over India, but there will be no time for the selectors to rest with all sorts of questions to answer when they pick a squad to tour Sri Lanka later in the year.

Who will replace Alastair Cook now he has retired? Is Keaton Jennings a Test match batsman? Can Moeen Ali be trusted to bat at number three? Should James Anderson or Stuart Broad be given some time off?

With a host of options available, our cricket writers pick their XIs for the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle on October 6.

Scyld Berry, cricket correspondent

Conventional openers are not required if advance info about Sri Lankan pitches turning from the start is correct, though Rory Burns should go to learn ropes. The openers should be James Vince, who averages nearly 60 against spin in Tests, and Liam Livingstone, who scored two centuries in an A Test there last year.

Berry's selections: Vince, Livingstone, Moeen, Root, Buttler, Stokes, Bairstow, Curran, Rashid, Leach, Anderson/Broad.