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Trevor Bayliss has challenged batsmen in county cricket to seize their opportunity over the last few weeks of the domestic season and demand selection for Englands touring teams.Bayliss, accepting that Englands top-order batting has been a recurring weakness in recent times, hinted that changes were likely after a summer in which James Vince played all seven Tests without recording a half-century and a series against Pakistan in which Alex Hales averaged just 18.12. Gary Ballance, too, may require a strong finish to the season to ensure himself of a spot in the Test squad.Hales and Vince have definitely had a decent run at it., Bayliss said. Were still looking for consistent contributions from some of the middle order. Were due to meet in about the second week of September to select the Test and ODI squads for those winter series and there will be some tough decisions to be made.Theres a month to go in the county season and theres a challenge out there for some of those other guys to put their hand up and keep scoring runs. There doesnt seem to be anyone crying out to be selected above anyone else. Theres a number of guys weve seen score some runs earlier this season under a bit of scrutiny when their names are mentioned about the possibility of getting into the team. Some of them have dropped off.But while Bayliss offered an incentive to county batsman, he also suggested that the gap between domestic and international cricket had grown to such an extent that performances in the County Championship might not be an especially accurate gauge of a players likely success at the higher level.With that in mind, he confirmed that he has considered promoting the likes of Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes and Moeen Ali, who have scored relatively heavily in the lower-middle order, to higher positions in the batting line-up.The two or three guys weve got in the team have been very good players at county level over the last two or three years, Bayliss said. But they have found it tough to jump up to this level. They have shown bits and pieces but I think it just proves that the jump between first-class cricket and Test cricket is a big one.Moving Stokes, Moeen and Bairstow up the order is one of the things Ive been thinking of and Im sure the other selectors have thought along those lines as well.We did give Moeen a go in the UAE a lot higher than the middle order and it didnt quite work. But thats the issue: they score so many runs at five, six and seven, do you risk them not scoring those if you put them a bit higher? The way weve been going, putting them a bit higher is definitely an option. It certainly worked with Joe Root going up to three. Thats high on the agenda, I would have thought.One thing that wont be held against Hales in selection meetings was his outburst at the third umpire over his first-innings dismissal at The Oval. Hales and Stuart Broad were fined by the ICC for questioning the decision and Bayliss said both players had been spoken to.It was silly, really. I dont really understand being on Twitter, but going into the third umpires room, that was just wrong, Bayliss said. Whether the decision is right or wrong, its something that shouldnt be happening, especially from Halesy who wants to be an umpire in years to come. But it wont count against him in selection. It will get down to the number of runs and whether he deserves to be in the team.Bayliss was also frustrated by Englands fielding. Fifteen catches went down during the series against Pakistan, with the coach crediting a lack of concentration as the primary reason.We can be very, very good and we can be poor as well both with our batting and our fielding. Were inconsistent, he said.A lot of that has something to do with concentration. Some of the catches we dropped in this game were fairly simple and that can only be concentration. Its not a technique thing. Concentration, especially when slip catching is involved, is a big thing. I think there are parallels between concentration with our catching and inconsistency with our play. Maybe concentration is something that weve got to make sure we get right.Bayliss was encouraged by the performance of one man in the field, though. He praised Bairstow for making progress with his keeping and all but guaranteed that he would retain the gloves in India and Bangladesh.He dropped a few early against Sri Lanka, but during this series I thought hes kept very well, Bayliss said. Hes been working on some technical issues. If he has confidence with his batting, he is doing the other pretty well. At the moment, his batting is top-class. He still has work to do with the keeping but I think he has made some strides. Custom Saints Jerseys . Instead of dwelling on the negative, Oates focused on what was good about the clubs recent play. It worked. Cheap Saints Jerseys . 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BOISE, Idaho -- On the verge of another win over a Pac-12 team on its home field, Boise State nearly crumbled in the final minutes.Fortunately the Broncos did enough over the first three quarter to hold on.Jeremy McNichols rushed for 116 yards and two touchdowns, Tyler Horton returned his first career interception 85 yards for a touchdown and Boise State held on in the fourth quarter for a 31-28 win over Washington State on Saturday night.Brett Rypien threw for 299 yards, including a 47-yard touchdown to Thomas Sperbeck, but was intercepted twice in the fourth quarter, giving Washington State chances until the final play when Luke Falks desperation heave was batted down.Boise State (2-0) won its 34th straight regular season non-conference home game, knocking off the last out of conference team to win on The Blue.We did not face adversity in our first game. ... We got a chance to do that tonight, Boise State coach Bryan Harsin said.Falk was 55-of-71 passing for 480 yards and four touchdowns, but it took three quarters before he could beat the Broncos throwing downfield, hitting Tavares Martin Jr. on a 50-yard TD late in the third quarter that pulled the Cougars within 24-14. Rypien quickly answered, completing three straight passes for 68 yards before McNichols second touchdown run pushed the Broncos lead 31-14 on the first play of the fourth quarter.That proved to be enough -- barely.There were definitely some uncharacteristic mistakes I made tonight, Rypien said. But we won. Were 2-0.Falk rallied in the fourth quarter, throwing touchdown passes of 14 yards -- on fourth down -- to Jamal Morrow and hitting Gabe Marks on a 33-yard TD with 4:17 left right after Rypien was intercepted to pull within 31-28. Washington State got the ball back with a minute remaining after poor clock management by the Broncos, but the Cougars had their own problems with the clock and settled for Falks final throw that fell short.Leach ripped into his teams toughness after the loss, saying the Cougars outplayed Boise State in every other category.We outperformed them in a ton of different ways but were not tough enough, Leach said. And as a football team we have to get (a llot) tougher and right now were not very tough.dddddddddddd.Washington State (0-2) was trying to match what it did in 2001 when the Cougars won 41-20 in Boise and rebound from being stunned by FCS power Eastern Washington in last weeks opener. 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