Little is doing the right thing, making life changing money while he can. Money that his CI contract looks like change down the back of the sofa
The West Indies South African and New Zealand boards also suffer this same problem, despite being far more established, many of their best players chose to play franchise games and the paycheck, rather than play gruelling tests and also pick and choose which white games they are avaliable for
It's doesn't help that these games are effectively meaningless. Ireland are not in the WTC, and in this crowded calander why would anyone want to play against them, except as a warm up to an English tour?
With the end of the ODI Superleague these games also have less meaning
Look at the team England put out for last September, and the planned ODIi next June comes in the middle of the India test series, so again a marginal team will be sent.
So until Tests and ODIs have some meaning, and funding to support them from the ICC, this will continue
Need a 2 division Test Championship and a relaunch of the Superleagie
It's a chicken & egg environment here - we want to see Josh prosper both professionally & financially as an individual BUT we also want to see him represent and improve the Test team's output because of the class bowler that he is. Very similar to scenario to Rashid Khan for Afghanistan.
PS Josh very few quick bowlers bowl for 30-40 overs in a Test innings these days - we will get the curator to help you with a luscious green deck. Most Tests are over inside 4 days as well so its not a full 5 days that we are asking for.
Little is doing the right thing, making life changing money while he can. Money that his CI contract looks like change down the back of the sofa
The West Indies South African and New Zealand boards also suffer this same problem, despite being far more established, many of their best players chose to play franchise games and the paycheck, rather than play gruelling tests and also pick and choose which white games they are avaliable for
It's doesn't help that these games are effectively meaningless. Ireland are not in the WTC, and in this crowded calander why would anyone want to play against them, except as a warm up to an English tour?
With the end of the ODI Superleague these games also have less meaning
Look at the team England put out for last September, and the planned ODIi next June comes in the middle of the India test series, so again a marginal team will be sent.
So until Tests and ODIs have some meaning, and funding to support them from the ICC, this will continue
Need a 2 division Test Championship and a relaunch of the Superleagie
It's a chicken & egg environment here - we want to see Josh prosper both professionally & financially as an individual BUT we also want to see him represent and improve the Test team's output because of the class bowler that he is. Very similar to scenario to Rashid Khan for Afghanistan.
PS Josh very few quick bowlers bowl for 30-40 overs in a Test innings these days - we will get the curator to help you with a luscious green deck. Most Tests are over inside 4 days as well so its not a full 5 days that we are asking for.