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Bob Willis looks ahead to Englands second Investec Test against Sri Lanka in Durham on Friday, and says who he would pick in the absence of the injured Ben Stokes. Cheap Nike Air Max Outlet ... I would go with Jake Ball. Weve seen Chris Woakes in the Test arena and, for my money, hasnt quite been good enough.The selectors would say Woakes is the nearest like-for-like replacement to Stokes. A better batsman than Liam Plunkett - who may have been considered - but not as good a bowler, in my opinion. Liam Plunkett (left) was possibly considered as a potential replacement for Ben Stokes He took only two wickets in the two Test matches he played in South Africa over the winter, but England are quite obsessed with a long batting order - he was also part of the win in South Africa and the selectors like to keep faith with people they know.England may also have thought about bringing Adil Rashid in, with him likely to be needed in Bangladesh and India this winter, but hell have needed his gloves up in Durham - I dont think its weather suited to leg-spin.Woakes does well for Warwickshire, takes wickets for fun in fact, and has captained them in Ian Bells absence, but with this series being played against Sri Lanka in late May and early June, it gives England an opportunity to look at someone like Ball. Chris Woakes took astonishing figures of 9-36 for Warwickshire in his most recent outing He was in the squad for the first Test so deserves the first opportunity and its not as if were playing Australia or South Africa, so I would bring Ball in for Stokes and move everyone up the batting order - Jonny Bairstow to six, Moeen Ali to seven.Bairstow said in interview at Headingley that he was perfectly comfortable batting at seven - he and Stokes are clearly given licence by Trevor Bayliss to play their shots, and thats the way he likes to play, but six would still be perfect for him. Jonny Bairstow is in great form with the bat, hitting 140 in the first Test at Headingley And it was only a few months ago that Moeen was opening the batting in the UAE, so theyd still have proper batting down the seven.Stuart Broad has got his confidence back as a batsman, although whether he has got his skill back is another thing. But theres nobody who is going to knock his head off in this Sri Lankan attack and hed be a perfectly adequate number eight.With the ball, I thought Broad was a little unlucky not to take more wickets at Headingley. He and James Anderson both bowled beautifully throughout and it could easily have been Broad the one who picked up 10 wickets in the match. Are Stuart Broad (left) and James Anderson (right) Englands best ever opening pair? As Steve Harmison said when joining us last week on The Verdict, theyre now the best pair of opening bowlers England have ever had.Better than myself and Sir Ian Botham; Fred Trueman and Brian Statham; Harmison and Matthew Hoggard - thats high praised indeed. But its hard to argue against as theyre approaching 800 wickets between them.Theyre phenomenal bowlers, particularly in English conditions. And without Tillakaratne Dilshan, Majela Jayawardena and Kumar Sangakkara - asking this Sri Lanka team to come and face the likes of Broad and Anderson, in May, is a bridge too far for most of them. They tried to attack, tried to defend, but whichever they did they couldnt cope with Englands bowling.Its not going to be 25 degrees so clearly the Sri Lankans wont be that comfortable, but weve had to play in Colombo in 40 degrees, so they have to play over here in just 10 degree weather in Durham.England have got all bases covered. I cant see things changing in the second Test.Watch England take on Sri Lanka in the second Investec Test at Emirates Riverside from 10am on Friday, live on Sky Sports 2 HD. 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NAPA, Calif. -- You know the background: golfer has a bad back, hasnt competed for months, wears the Nike swoosh and is hopeful of a successful comeback.Nick Watney laughs at the notion that he is another prominent golfer attempting to make a return to competition.Big-time is relative, Watney said. Maybe my mom thinks that.Watney, 35, has plenty in common with Tiger Woods as it relates to lower-back woes, though Watney is here at the Safeway Open to begin the 2016-17 PGA Tour season and Woods is not.But Watney has not played since missing the cut at the Farmers Insurance Open in January because of back problems that turned out to be a herniated disk on the left side of his lower back.Unlike Woods, Watney opted to forgo the microdiscectomy procedure that Woods first had in March 2014 -- and again in September 2015 -- to alleviate the pressure. Watney instead opted for a long rehabilitation process that saw him not pick up a club for five months.There was a little bit of a thought to trying to play through it, said Watney, a five-time PGA Tour winner whose last victory came at the 2012 Barclays. But I was really struggling. Maybe if I was playing well it would have been a harder decision. But the way I was feeling and the way I was playing, it just didnt make any sense.Watney first felt pain in his left hamstring. He had no idea there were any back issues and figured it would work itself out. But after six weeks, the hamstring was still tight, he wasnt feeling any better, and a chiropractor he had been working with recommended an MRI to see whether there was a tear.That MRI found the hamstring to be fine but a disk to be herniated. After visiting orthopedic specialists in Los Angeles, Atlanta and Austin, Texas, Watney opted to shut it down for the rest of the season.I basically had two options, he said. Surgery and rehab or heal and rehab. So I decided if Im going to have to rehab anyway, I might as well try to not have surgery. I didnt hit a ball from Jan. 29 until mid-July. Rested and had rehab six days a week. Did exercises to try and take the pressure off. And it slowly got better.Whether that would have been the proper course for Woods is purely speculation because nobody knows exactly what difficulties and prognosis the 14-time major champion was given.But it was clear in the fall of 2013 and into 2014 that Woods was having back problems. He fell to the ground after hitting a shot at the 13 Barclays; he withdrew from the 14 Honda Classic during the final round and then a week later appeared to be in distress during the final round of the WGC event at Doral.A few weeks later, he had surgery and has struggled to be fully fit, having now taken more than a year away from competition after two more back procedures.A microdiscectomy helps the nerve pain right away, said Dr. Kyler Brown, the chiropractor who has been working with Watney and helped develop a program for him. But you cant undo what the surgery does.That is why Watney -- who knew he would lose hiss fully exempt status -- decided to take the rest of the season off and make sure he got healthy. Fake Air Max Trainers. Because he failed to finish among the top 125 after making just five starts, Watney is playing this season on a major medical extension, which means the PGA Tour has granted him 21 starts to earn either 355 FedEx Cup points or $528,010 -- the equivalent to being 125th in either category in the 2015-16 season.If he achieves that goal, Watney will be exempt for the rest of the season with the ability to try and earn enough FedEx points to be eligible for 2017-18.I didnt want to put any sort of timetable on it, Watney said. Our profession is a bit unique. [Major league pitcher] Clayton Kershaw had a herniated disk, but the Dodgers are paying him $30 million this year, so theres a lot of pressure to come back. I wanted to play, for sure. [But] I didnt want to play half the year. I didnt want to play lousy, come back too soon and then go through this anyway.For me at this point, I think I did the smart thing. I got good advice. I hope I dont have any more issues. The rehab and training will be part of my life for the rest of my career. I didnt take it seriously enough before.Watney returned in July by hitting just 30 9-irons a day. It took him a month before he played a round of golf, and he was slow to work the driver back into his arsenal. It wasnt until September that he played back-to-back days, and then he slowly built up to playing five days in a row, then playing and walking.It was a wake-up call, he said. I didnt want to do too much today so I couldnt play tomorrow. Or play so much in August that I couldnt play now. Its like a pitcher on a pitch count.Watney said he plans to play only two events this fall, the Safeway Open and the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas. Hell then resume his schedule on the West Coast but will be more limited than he has been in the past, trying to find the right balance between competing, preparing and taking care of his back.Im hoping he can be somewhat of a role model, Brown said. So many people want to rush back and they dont know what theyre risking.While Woods has put off his return because he cited doubts about his game, Watney understands. After such a long layoff, there is undoubtedly going to be competitive rust, not to mention issues with the swing, short game, putting and all the mental aspects that go into playing the game.Im cautiously optimistic, Watney said. I dont have that kind of expectations like Tiger has. Hes always said its about being there to win. Im not here to win or its a lost week. Its a building process.I had a long time to reflect, talked to friends out here about scheduling. I think its important to have a schedule that you like, but I also dont want to just go play because I can. Play a couple in the fall, keep training and see where it stands. ' ' '