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“WTC Has Made It Worse For Test Cricket”: Ex-England Star’s Sensational Claim | Cricket News

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“WTC Has Made It Worse For Test Cricket”: Ex-England Star’s Sensational Claim | Cricket News

[ad_1] Former England Test batter Mark Butcher feels the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) has done more harm than good to the longest format. South Africa recently named a depleted squad for the Test series in New Zealand with their top cricketers contracted to play in the second season of the SA20 as the dates of the two events are clashing. "One of the things that's made this even more inevitable is something that they've done to try to salvage Test match cricket, which is the World Test Championship," Butcher said on the Wisden Cricket Weekly podcast."The point is that your bilateral series have to capture the imagination of the fans and the players of the two countries that are playing in it, and then the wider cricket watching public. And the only way they are that is if they are c...

Jonny Bairstow’s Dismissal Is ‘Just As Plain As Day Out’, Says Mark Butcher | Cricket News

[ad_1] Former England opener Mark Butcher is confused by the uproar over Jonny Bairstow's dismissal in the second Ashes Test, saying that "it's just as plain as day out" and the chatter in cricketing circles is "nonsense". Lord's was the hotbed of controversy on the final day of the second Test when England batter Bairstow ducked a slow bouncer from Australia's Cameron Green and ventured out of the crease thinking that the ball was already 'dead'. However, wicketkeeper Alex Carey played within the rules and broke the stumps, and third umpire Marais Erasmus adjudged it stumped in favour of Australia.Australia won the Test by 43 runs to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.Butcher, 50, who played 71 Tests and scored 4,288 runs, said almost everyone he had spoken to following the incide...

‘England’s Preferred Bowlers would be…’: Mark Butcher Ahead Of Ashes | Cricket News

[ad_1] Former England cricketer Mark Butcher believes England would prefer to go into the upcoming Ashes series against arch rivals Australia with the redoubatble pace trio of James Anderson, Ollie Robinson, and tearaway Mark Wood. The high-stakes Ashes series will start from June 16. "We think England's preferred choice of bowling attack would be Anderson, Robinson, Wood, in terms of the three quicks. We still don't know what [Ben] Stokes' status is. I'm sure he will be absolutely fine, but if that isn't the case, Stuart Broad today looked a little bit on the tardy side, a little slow and lacking in penetration when the ball was a little bit older," Butcher told Sky Sports.England have already set sights on the Ashes series after trouncing England in a one-off Test, while Australia will...