So much ineptness on the field too. That three match series looked up there with the worst prepared we've ever been. The fielding shitehouse, the bowling - until some parts of the G game - was toothless and thoughtless, and as for the batting...absolutely no idea what they were doing. Maybe that's because it was jammed into a week either side of Pakistan and Bangladesh's longer tours, dunno.
I cannot understand why Todd Astle toured either. 2-0 down, a largely barren wicket, big ground and a middle order of all-rounders not in form, and he doesn't play? Must be good at 500 or something.
Don't want to see Nicholls in another squad, especially when Ross comes back as Kane/Ross/Neesham is now the top 5. Would like to see Tom go as well, just not a natural ODI player. Let him go away and become one if he wants, but focus on being the Test player he should be.
For the rest of the summer, it would be nice to see guys start to improve and show there's actually some decent preparation and coaching happening. I don't expect us to beat SA and Australia at home, but that we compete.
And don't ditch the CH on the basis of one noncompetitive series. That's kneejerk rubbish.
