England v India Test Series!!..

[Ted Maul]

I don't think they are without criticism. I don't like the closed shop feel to the squad, they were far too gung ho although that's been reigned in. However, given we aren’t in a golden age player wise, with depth in red ball cricket being as shallow as I've ever known it, the results have been, in the whole, excellent under them. We've had some of the most entertaining tests in my lifetime.

Last sentence probably nails it, given the relative lack of top-class players coming through the county system this is arguably the optimal way to play. We'll just have to wear a few when we lose ridiculous games, on the flip side it's given a team with players like Crawley and Bashir roles in winning games that they basically had no right to win.