Graeme Swann and Michael Vaughan have joined forces to condemn the decision to persist with Alastair Cook as Englands one-day captain, criticise the omission of Ravi Bopara from the squad to face India and insist that England are fatally destroying their chances of winning the World Cup by remaining wedded to an old-fashioned, safety-first approach overly based on dubious statistics. The wide-ranging criticism of Englands entire one-day policy, on BBC Test Match Special, represents one of the most timely and strong-minded appraisals to emerge from former members of the England dressing room for years.
Posted on: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 03:40:22 +0000