England suffered a 0-4 Ashes defeat Down Under, and only a gritty last-wicket partnership between Stuart Broad and Jimmy Anderson in the fourth Test at Sydney helped the tourists avoid a clean sweep.
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England’s limited-overs captain Eoin Morgan has criticised his country’s Test skipper Joe Root for blaming The Hundred and T20 for the team’s crushing defeat in the Ashes recently, saying, “It’s laughable to point the finger at The Hundred”.
England suffered a 0-4 Ashes defeat Down Under, and only a gritty last-wicket partnership between Stuart Broad and Jimmy Anderson in the fourth Test at Sydney helped the tourists avoid a clean sweep.
Root has since openly said that the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has been prioritising limited-overs cricket at the expense of red-ball games, singling out The Hundred for criticism.
Morgan, who guided England to the ICC T20 World Cup semifinal against New Zealand in the UAE in November, said that cricket’s longer format has always been the priority for the ECB.”
“People that use that (limited-overs cricket) as an excuse don’t watch cricket,” Morgan said, adding that, “Test match cricket has always been the priority — it’s the format for our elite players.” Obviously, times at the moment have been tough down in Australia during the Ashes, but they always are. We’ve lost the last two series 4-0. It’s laughable to point the finger at The Hundred.
The Hundred is an unbelievable success. ”Morgan said that England’s structuring of county cricket and The Hundred was not in any way different to Australia’s, and indicated that people look for scapegoats after defeats, and The Hundred was their best excuse.”
Our formats in county cricket and The Hundred, in the way they’re structured, are exactly the same as Australia’s. (IANS)
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