Fact is, we don’t have many players capable of playing against top class bowlers and are unlikely to produce any whilst we continue to promote almost pointless white ball slogs, and continue to denigrate red ball cricket to times of year which make county trundlers and has beens unplayable and do not allow our top players to play in.

The system is broken. And has been broken for some time. it will likely never be fixed.

The argument that “no one goes to 4 day county games” is always trotted out.

Might that have something to do with the fact they are played almost entirely when it’s either cold, outside of school holidays and on weekdays have something to do with it?

Are they marketed? Have they changed with the times? Of course not. They are seen almost as friendlies with crap teams are seen in football. Roses game exempted.

The ECB always blame county cricket. They have created the problem, and made it worse.

The odd slogged win isn’t going to keep folk going to test matches. Especially when we start losing series 3 or 4 nil at home.

It will be the 4 day county game at fault again though… can’t wait to see what crap ideas they come up with next.

Maybe the O10. Just 10 balls, could be over in 20 minutes. Just the sort of prep our test players need.