Foakes? He's averaging 27 in FC cricket with 0 hundreds this year. The clamour for him is odd. We've also got decent bowlers, and it's a shame they're injured. Bairstow is fine as well, Denly probably deserves to keep his place and Buttler has the talent to persevere with. I'd play Pope at 5 or 6 though, Stokes to 4/5 and Root at 3.
They need to look at a wider question, why are our batsmen not firing at 4 day cricket. Only 3 players have got 1000 runs this summer, and one of them is Labuschagne. Sibley should be in with a chance to open in the winter, as well as Zak Crawley, and I'd like a look at young James Bracey for Glos. Chris Dent of Glos is another one, who's consistently scored 4 day runs.