Quote Originally Posted by Notts78 View Post
I can’t agree that those countries are prepared better. We played India in India recently, whilst we were ‘preparing’ by playing some Indian school team the India side were still in Australia.
India have been in the UK since June. JUNE. In that time they have played 3 proper games, 2 v us and one v NZ. Other than that the players were again tasked with playing sub standard cricket.
The England players would have all the excuses in the book if that was them. India have got in with it.
I agree that those teams you mentioned are better than us. In white ball cricket we are the dominant country in World cricket. Yet the players that play in that can’t or won’t transfer their obvious talents to the longer format of red ball cricket. Our players should look no further than the Indian openers. Both excellent white ball batters. How have they got on in these 2 tests? Then you look at our openers…
How can I spell this out I dont care what other teams do that is their problem.

Im saying we havent given ourselves the best chance/preperation of beating a very good India side on home soil where OUR fans are paying top money.

We as in the ECB have put in a new competition which not only impacts the test side but also county sides, Notts 50 over team was 75% reserve team but with the final at TB not Lords they dont care about it.