Cricket can't really compete with football for the top sporting talent
But I think that's true through most of the world (India excepted).
I don't think our players are as far off as you suggest. But we don't prioritise longer form cricket in any way, and we need to maintain a route for players to come up through the county system.
The Hundred has not helped to develop any players (actually, that's not true, it's been great for the women's team).
To compete in the Ashes we'd really need to have a way for our players to play at a decent level in Aus. But while we offer those routes for them it's not even.
The international circuit is unrelenting and tbh it's hard to care as the number of games just fly by relentlessly.
Anathema to say on a sport forum, but we need less sport in general. There's not enough time between games to begin to care.
Posted By: Cardiff Canary on December 19th 2025 at 17:02:56
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- One thing I will say about the Ashes, was a huge call to retire Jimmy (Other Sports) - megson, Dec 19, 14:42:56
- I think more of our county players (Other Sports) - Cardiff Canary, Dec 19, 16:27:25
- I don't think our players are nearly as good as we kid ourselves they are (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Dec 19, 16:48:55
- Cricket can't really compete with football for the top sporting talent (Other Sports) - Cardiff Canary, Dec 19, 17:02:56
- Not anathema at all. We clearly need less football for example (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Dec 19, 18:18:38
- Cricket can't really compete with football for the top sporting talent (Other Sports) - Cardiff Canary, Dec 19, 17:02:56
- I don't think our players are nearly as good as we kid ourselves they are (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Dec 19, 16:48:55
- The new ball has hardly swung in the air. (Other Sports) - Huge Small, Dec 19, 15:58:35
- Exactly, he wasn't about threat as much over there, just control. (Other Sports) - megson, Dec 19, 16:03:53
- One thing I will say about the ashes, is for the third series in a row (Other Sports) - DH Yellow, Dec 19, 15:26:35
- Think it was right for Jimmy to go that summer (Other Sports) - JD3, Dec 19, 15:10:07
- Agree with this. He's 43. (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Dec 19, 15:14:21
- It's the batting, rather than the bowling, which is the issue, no? (n/m) (Other Sports) - Azteca, Dec 19, 15:08:43
- Its both, Aus getting larger totals as they are batting better (Other Sports) - megson, Dec 19, 17:14:46
- I think more of our county players (Other Sports) - Cardiff Canary, Dec 19, 16:27:25
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