26-06-2015, 14:56
In many ways, England have been like Wednesday under SG - playing safe & filling the team with safe players who can do a decent job.
What has changed since the WI tour has been a change of attitude and the introduction of players who go for it. Rashid should have been in the test side four years. Who knows, he might have been the new Shane Warne by now if he had been given the chance.
Cricket is a brilliant game where a better team can be beaten by clever use of tactics. It is a team game but one or two players can have a massive influence. Cook has to embrace the positive approach and be more positive with his field placings & tactics.
We have spent too long looking backwards. We need to select young talented players & give them a good run in the side. There has to be some overlap with the limited over sides but pick the players that can win the match and if we want to bowl out the Aussies twice then Rashid must play.
What has changed since the WI tour has been a change of attitude and the introduction of players who go for it. Rashid should have been in the test side four years. Who knows, he might have been the new Shane Warne by now if he had been given the chance.
Cricket is a brilliant game where a better team can be beaten by clever use of tactics. It is a team game but one or two players can have a massive influence. Cook has to embrace the positive approach and be more positive with his field placings & tactics.
We have spent too long looking backwards. We need to select young talented players & give them a good run in the side. There has to be some overlap with the limited over sides but pick the players that can win the match and if we want to bowl out the Aussies twice then Rashid must play.
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