tbh most spectators come to warm up games to watch the players not the actual games, remember how the likes of newman etc struggle to get that in their tiny little brains in 2011, 2014 when india played odi warm up games, 13 players but a very decent crowd that came for india didn't give a crap about it, yet they go on about all the time how the fans don't want to watch it or how pointless it is for warm up etc.
pretty much most fans that come to warm up games to watch india play in england come to get autograph or to see the players, they really don't care about the game if they did most people would pay or watch the proper odi or test games, you only come to pay or watch Warm up games to get cheap tickets and a glimpse of the superstars.
Baffling how fans are being used to question 12-13 players games.
only really the quality of the warm up games is legitimate concern for having loads of players but then you have the question how do you get your bench players overs and runs, especially when you only have 2 warm up games all series impossible to do it.
in reality think 12-13 players isn't a problem.
the main problems are the poor pitches, poor faculties and poor teams.
11 or 13 players or even 18 player games make no difference whatsoever to the quality of the games.
if anything think 12-13 players games is the right call mostly because it allows 6 bowlers to be used the main 4-5 in the test teams and the 2 back ups encase of injures or poor form and then it allows you to play 8 batsman in the batting so all or most of the batting contenders get a bat in the middle to either get in the test teams or get some runs under the belt.
if you playing 11 players most likely 1 or 2 batsman not getting to play and unable to play in the test matches or unable to get form for the test matches and for the bowling either someone misses out on overs to allows the bench some bowling or the reserve bowlers unable to acclimitise and get overs in the belt before the test matches and prepare just incase they have to play because of injuries.
TBH a lot of the time teams play 12-13 players because of the bowling and not the batting especially if you have 6-7 bowlers but are not really able to pick your first choice attack overseas.
pretty much england did it today because Anderson and broad needs overs and then they need to pick one of Woakes, Curran to join them in the test team especially when it is suggested one of Woakes, Curran and Broad will play and broad might be dropped from the team.
so basically a bowl off between broad, Curran and Woakes.
Ali and Rashid again need to be picked to get ready for the red ball so that already 6 players and then you probably need another 6-7 batsman that need batting time and suddenly it is 12-13 player team.
Anyway back to point surprised the journo are not complaining they love to complain during the english summer although thankfully none of the papers send journalist for tourist warm up games anyway now.
Funny how when england are doing it.
"At least it was a decent work out as England weigh up their options in their attempt to finally find a combination to take 20 wickets and win an overseas Test for the first time since their victory over Bangladesh in Chittagong in 2016."
but when other teams do it in england it is a disgrace and they are under prepared and haven't bowled enough overs or something like that.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/crick ... Lanka.html"and England wisely used 14 players on the opening day to avert heat-stroke "
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/201 ... l-opening/