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Only a couple of games here and there. Obviously Malan, Hameed and Crawley have had a bit of exposure because they’ve been in and out of the England team.
Doesn’t seem to have improved them.
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True but the lack of players desired by the test team taking part means the standard and drive to improve just can't be there, habitually strip the best players out and the competition as a whole is a sham...
How are you meant to be a good test player if you don't play the long game regularly? Is this an England thing? Do other countries put their test players into 4 day club games?
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How many of the current test team have played any county cricket in the last few years?
Robinson has been playing for Sussex, but anyone else? I know it's long been the habit for test players to skip the county game but has it changed recently?
An aggregate count of county 4 day games played in last two years for any given test team...