England's top-five batsmen must start delivering the runs However, not since September 2010 has Eoin Morgan batted for more than 72 balls in a one-day international. He has become a specialist finisher. Whether England can afford this type of player at number five, to be followed by the novice Jos Buttler and a long tail, is highly questionable. Jonny Bairstow, after his fine Headingley Test, would have been a better choice on Friday than Morgan, who has been marking time in the Indian Premier League and has not scored more than 15 in any game since April. Two finishers at five and six, followed by bowlers, puts too much pressure on the top four. Or does Morgan deserve another chance to bat long? The last time he batted for more than 72 balls in a one-day international was at the Ageas Bowl. England have some bowling concerns, too, after announcing that neither Stuart Broad (hamstring) nor Steve Finn (sore shins) will be considered on Sunday. Chris Woakes batted sensibly but had a nightmare with the ball, pitching too short and wide, while Jade Dernbach's opening spell set the tone in the wrong way. They might even lose one of their two remaining reliable seamers, not James Anderson but Tim Bresnan, at short notice. Bresnan's wife is to due to deliver their first baby in Halifax on Monday. "I think we're being really flexible and playing it by ear," Bresnan said. If I'm on the field there's not much I can do about it. He will, however be looking out for a signal from the team manager Phil Neale of a baby being rocked. The Lord's international was Bresnan's first game back for England since the operation on his right elbow to remove bone fragments, like Graeme Swann's. "I felt good," Bresnan said. I maybe struggled for a little bit of rhythm, but the pace felt good. Such is the current uncertainty - is Dernbach more than a 20-over specialist, is Woakes's bowling good enough, will Mr or Mrs Bresnan deliver first? - that Boyd Rankin is in England's squad for the game on Sunday, not Ireland's any more. England need a tall bowler to fill in for Broad and Finn. Bresnan said of Rankin: "He reminded me of facing Harmy [Steve Harmison] - six feet plenty and delivering from 10 feet with steepling bounce," The lesser news is that Rankin is yet another bowler who does not bat, along with Anderson and Dernbach, making England's one-day tail ever more vulnerable.