Arthur Crabtree wrote:That's surely got nothing to do with ECB largesse though. Irish players get in county sides because the counties want them and they are eligible. Ireland benefitting is an unintended costless secondary outcome.
I think it is the ECB's role to develop the game in their region, and India's in Asia. Ideally SA, WI, and Australia would be the hubs of development in their area, though WI have enough problems keeping themselves going.
In my view, the English counties cut Ireland, Scotland and Holland out of domestic competitions way too early, because they became concerned these teams would prevent them from reaching the later stages of the limited overs cups.
At international level, the least England could have done was to involve Ireland in tri-national competitions.
Lots of people accept that India should play a prominent part in the growth and health of the game, as I do, but maybe don't offer the same scrutiny to England.
Aidan11 wrote:I know it's childish but I did have a chuckle that our opening bowlers are called Willey & wood.
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