Marcus Trescothick admitted England’s subsequent era are being held again by an absence of 50-over cricket.
England’s younger weapons have been defeated in Barbados as West Indies claimed a 2-1 win in an ODI sequence the place a number of touring gamers have been familiarising themselves with the format or studying on the job.
With the most effective younger expertise hoovered by The Hundred within the final three years, their publicity to Record A cricket is diminishing because the One-Day Cup runs concurrently and is, in essence, a secondary event.
Jordan Cox had simply 4 Record A matches beneath his belt and Dan Mousley no expertise in a one-day sport in additional than three years earlier than the Caribbean journey whereas, forward of the sequence opener, Adil Rashid, one of many few senior heads within the group, had extra ODI caps than his 10 team-mates mixed.
Missing Expertise
Trescothick, England’s interim white-ball head coach, is aware of the scenario is much from splendid, as he mentioned: “There’s not a large quantity of expertise on this present group proper now.
“It’s not all the time going to be simple to maintain getting video games into them, there’s not a large quantity to play again at house and a lot of the white-ball cricket performed world wide now’s T20.
“That may be a problem and we’re conscious of that. It’s not serving to since you’re not getting the quantity of video games that probably gamers wish to get and actually construct an understanding of the sport.
“However you recognize why that’s. That’s the construction that we’re given to play and we’ll make a fist of it and make it work as a lot as we will.”
Phil Salt enhanced his repute with a few fifties, together with a battling innings in Wednesday’s eight-wicket defeat in Bridgetown, however he had been on a weight loss program of T20 or Hundred matches this 12 months.
The opening batter mentioned forward of the third ODI he would relish taking part in in a home 50-over competitors to search out some fluency however Trescothick identified it isn’t that straightforward.
Needing extra 50-Over cricket
Requested whether or not some children might forgo matches in The Hundred to play within the One-Day Cup, Trescothick mentioned: “I’m not going to say towards every other competitors however in fact we wish extra 50-over cricket one way or the other.
“We all know how necessary Check cricket is in England and having the home T20 competitors or Hundred competitions we’ve obtained, they’re vitally necessary to our sport.
“How we get the stability proper is basically difficult as a result of the quantity of worldwide cricket and the whole lot else that goes round it, that’s not simple to do.
“For the powers above to attempt to stability that construction and get that proper, it’s one thing for them to have a look at but it surely’s not going to be simple.
“I’m simply taking maintain of this group for this quick time period. We all know who the individuals are: the board and the managing administrators, all these completely different individuals, it’s their job to attempt to work out.”
Cox is ready to fly again to the UK on Thursday, lacking the T20 sequence which begins this weekend, in preparation for his involvement in England’s Check tour of New Zealand beginning later this month.
Cox, who is ready to take the wicketkeeping gloves with Jamie Smith on paternity depart, had a troublesome tour with 22 runs in three innings whereas he’s but to make 20 in 5 knocks in an England shirt.
Trescothick added: “I’ll have a chat with him earlier than he goes. Will probably be an thrilling time, the subsequent month in New Zealand might be actually thrilling for him.”
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