As someone who loves English cricket, cares for English cricket and has been involved with English cricket for most of my life, to again stand on the outfield and watch Australia celebrate another Ashes landslide is very bitter.
On every tour bar one since 1987, England have come to Australia and been hammered.
At the end, English cricket looks at itself and says “we’ll do this and we’ll do that”, then nothing happens.
If anyone believes we can carry on doing things the same way and expect different results, they are utterly mistaken. It can’t keep going on like this and it is time for a sweeping change.
How can it be done?
Firstly, you have to understand that the 18 first-class counties essentially control the domestic structure.
For that reason, I wish the 18 county chairmen had been down there on the Hobart outfield with me to see Australia celebrating. That would make them fully understand that something needs to be done.
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