Starfighter
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
This is one of my cricketing bugbears. Especially because Australia gives players a lot of rope and practically never gives fringe players a go in dead-rubber tests (which we play a lot of) so alternatives remain unexplored. It really is a case of 'we've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas'.The concern is that the old No Obvious Alternative excuse might be trotted out
The World Test Championship makes this even worse because it incentivises always picking the perceived best XI now (even if 3-0 up like last Ashes) and not making changes that might be perceived as destabilising (i.e. not dropping failing players), redoubling the inertia.