Opening batsmen are up against opening bowlers.
They should stick with Lumb and Craig Kieswetter as opening batsmen.
Both sides possess opening batsmen who have decorated this tournament like no others.
This has been a challenging series for opening batsmen, with the disproportionate emphasis on the new ball.
Other subplots include the likely impact of Australia's clutch of young quick bowlers, and the weirdly contrasting opening batsmen on either side.
Opening batsmen Michael Lumb and Jimmy Adams led Hampshire to a resounding six-wicket win over Durham at the Rose Bowl with 31 balls to spare.
If the course of true love never did run smooth, neither did that of opening batsmen, such as Matthew Hayden, Justin Langer, Virender Sehwag and even Geoffrey Boycott.
It's rather like sending our opening batsmen to the crease only for them to find that before the first ball is bowled, their bats have been broken by the team captain.
That squad is broken down into opening batsmen, middle-order batsmen, all-rounders, wicketkeepers, pace bowlers and spin bowlers.
"If you ask the majority of opening batsmen their top three hardest opponents, he will be in most people's top three.
Opening batsmen Shane Watson, David Warner, Ed Cowan, Chris Rogers and Phillip Hughes are in Australia's 16-man touring party, causing Warne, 43, to question if the selectors know their best team.
