After a period of relative calm, England are suddenly back to churning through incumbents at No3 every bit as quickly as Downing Street does at No10.
Ollie Pope's promotion at the start of last summer had brought stability to what had been a revolving-door position for almost a decade, the Surrey batter's 15 consecutive starts at first-drop providing the longest run of consistency since Jonathan Trott flew home from the Ashes in 2013.