England have won both Test series this summer. We won in South Africa too. So isn’t it about time we gave the much maligned Ed Smith some credit? Obviously I wasn’t the man to write this. I think his selections have occasionally been inspired (see Crawley, Zak) but mostly dimwitted (see Roy, Jennings, Denly). I also think his initial philosophy of picking white ball players (because they’ve done it in front of big IPL crowds) was daft as a brush and always bound to fail...
The Case For Adil Rashid
Today we have a ‘player spotlight’ piece by guest writer Michael Hall. Below he defends a player that often splits opinion. Do you agree that Rashid can become an integral part of the England team in all formats? In my view Adil Rashid is a fine international cricketer and deserves to have a full central contract covering all forms of cricket. I believe he should be a regular member of the Test team and be used predominantly as an attacking strike bowler. I realise my view is not...
