Marcus Trescothick admitted England’s subsequent era are being held again by an absence of 50-over cricket.
England’s younger weapons had been defeated in Barbados as West Indies claimed a 2-1 win in an ODI sequence the place a number of touring gamers had been familiarising themselves with the format or studying on the job.
With one of the best younger expertise hoovered by The Hundred within the final three years, their publicity to Listing A cricket is diminishing because the One-Day Cup runs concurrently and is, in essence, a secondary event.
Jordan Cox had simply 4 Listing A matches below 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 state of affairs is much from supreme, as he stated: “There’s not an enormous quantity of expertise on this present crew proper now.
“It’s not at all times going to be simple to maintain getting video games into them, there’s not an enormous quantity to play again at house and a lot of the white-ball cricket performed all over the world now could be 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 already know 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 are able to.”
Phil Salt enhanced his fame 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 plan of T20 or Hundred matches this yr.
The opening batter stated forward of the third ODI he would relish enjoying in a home 50-over competitors to search out some fluency however Trescothick identified it’s not that straightforward.
Needing extra 50-Over cricket
Requested whether or not some kids might forgo matches in The Hundred to play within the One-Day Cup, Trescothick stated: “I’m not going to say towards another competitors however after all we wish extra 50-over cricket one way or the other.
“We all know how vital Take a look at cricket is in England and having the home T20 competitors or Hundred competitions we’ve bought, they’re vitally vital to our sport.
“How we get the steadiness proper is basically difficult as a result of the quantity of worldwide cricket and every thing else that goes round it, that’s not simple to do.
“For the powers above to try to steadiness that construction and get that proper, it’s one thing for them to take a look at however it’s not going to be simple.
“I’m simply taking maintain of this crew for this quick time frame. We all know who the persons are: the board and the managing administrators, all these completely different folks, it’s their job to attempt to work out.”
Cox is about to fly again to the UK on Thursday, lacking the T20 sequence which begins this weekend, in preparation for his involvement in England’s Take a look at tour of New Zealand beginning later this month.
Cox, who is about 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. It is going to be an thrilling time, the following month in New Zealand can be actually thrilling for him.”
READ MORE: Liam Livingstone says situations not ‘beneficial’ after West Indies loss
