If Test cricket is going to be part of the entertainment business - not slow, not predictable but altogether freer and more joyous, with all the benefits to mental well-being - let the championship be so too.Ĭhampionship batsmen are now being encouraged by the England Test captain to bring out their inner Jonny Bairstow. the England team, and the England team does not want attritional players any more, we should not continue as we are. But as county cricket is subsidised by the centre i.e. Until May, the objective had been to produce attritional championship cricket that mirrors the Test match game. The whole purpose of championship cricket has to be re-visited afresh in the light of the last month, when England’s batsmen have scored at a substantially faster rate than ever known on a regular basis in Test cricket before. Accordingly, the on-going review of English domestic cricket must be re-set too. England’s Test cricket has already been re-set, after only four matches under the clear and visionary leadership of Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum.
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