true ??
but does it stop england from building better cricketers in county cricket just like football the better players in the premier league are good the youth players in learning from them, the ECB are old farts and know nothing about the modern game plus the world cup was number 1 priority so test cricket just took a back seat for 4 years, and even the last ashes down under we looked a million years behind them and still nothing was done for the ashes 2019 in england
we fast track archer for the world cup and then got him straight in test cricket only to drop him for the first test ???? the opening pair had never opened before and we still had moeen ali has our main spinner ?? its was a shambles from the start to the finish and the truth is we never had a chance
Curiously, we’ve also prepared pitches that have favoured Australia’s quicks and batsmen.
With the inception of The Hundred next year, I fear the state of the English test team is only going to deteriorate further.
T20 is enjoyable and has its place in the game but test cricket should be the priority for every major cricketing nation.