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Squad Rotation Sucks! Here are my top 5 reasons why England should not be using Squad Rotation
In at Number 5: Instead of one full time team we have 2 or more part teams. When you're playing the likes of India or Australia, why use a bunch of part timers? It is showing very vividly in the current series.
And at Number 4: It means you're not always playing your best team. Sure, players get injured and occasionally need to rest but you should always be playing the best team which is fit at the moment. The new guys will get their chances but why use a football strategy. Which brings me to...
Number 3 : Squad rotation is great for Manchester United (which is where I live) but pointless for cricket. It's like trying to saddle a cow! Football is much more physical..cricketers spend most of the time standing around doing nothing, either fielding, waiting to bowl or waiting to bat. They don't have the constant physical stress that footballers do.
Riding high at Number 2: It reduces your strategy options. If you've proactively taken players out of the equation, you have fewer options on the pitch. Madness.
And at Number 1: Proactivity isn't the quick, it should be lightning quick reactivity. If we spend our time second guessing the situations we're going to be in, we may as well employ a psychic to predict the toss. I think this altogether a poor policy from someone who is trying to reinvent the wheel.
In at Number 5: Instead of one full time team we have 2 or more part teams. When you're playing the likes of India or Australia, why use a bunch of part timers? It is showing very vividly in the current series.
And at Number 4: It means you're not always playing your best team. Sure, players get injured and occasionally need to rest but you should always be playing the best team which is fit at the moment. The new guys will get their chances but why use a football strategy. Which brings me to...
Number 3 : Squad rotation is great for Manchester United (which is where I live) but pointless for cricket. It's like trying to saddle a cow! Football is much more physical..cricketers spend most of the time standing around doing nothing, either fielding, waiting to bowl or waiting to bat. They don't have the constant physical stress that footballers do.
Riding high at Number 2: It reduces your strategy options. If you've proactively taken players out of the equation, you have fewer options on the pitch. Madness.
And at Number 1: Proactivity isn't the quick, it should be lightning quick reactivity. If we spend our time second guessing the situations we're going to be in, we may as well employ a psychic to predict the toss. I think this altogether a poor policy from someone who is trying to reinvent the wheel.
