Jonny Bairstow says the ‘proof will be in the pudding’ after a post-Ashes review pledged to pay greater heed to runs and wickets in county cricket in England selection. ‘Equally, if county cricketers felt there was no step up, if you're not playing franchise cricket, you're only ever boxed into county cricket. ‘Obviously, there could be one, two, even three positions available in the Test team, which is exciting. It's like what county cricket used to be at the start of the year,’ Hamilton said. ‘I don’t know if I’m potentially saying goodbye to the IPL having never played in it,’ Duckett told the Daily Telegraph.

Source: Daily Mail March 24, 2026 15:34 UTC