England suffer a lack of expertise

MARCUS Trescothick admitted England’s next generation are being held back by a lack of 50-over cricket.

- DAVID CHARLESWORTH

England’s young guns were defeated in Barbados as West Indies claimed a 2-1 win in an ODI series where several touring players were familiarising themselves with the format or learning on the job.

With the best young talent hoovered up by The Hundred in the last three years, their exposure to List A cricket is diminishing as the One-Day Cup runs concurrently and is, in essence, a secondary tournament.

Jordan Cox had just four List A matches under his belt and Dan Mousley no experience in a one-day game in more than three years before the Caribbean trip while, ahead of the series opener, Adil Rashid, one of the few senior heads in the group, had more ODI caps than his 10 team-mates combined.