Back-to-back Tests from Thursday present an opportunity for mass rotation, keeping players fresh in their biosecure bubble
England lose and there is so much to applaud. In the wake of West Indies’ victory heated debates have long since commenced. Where was Stuart Broad? Fancy batting in those conditions. What about Joe Denly and Jos Buttler? Why did we underestimate a team dubbed by one expert punster “Jason and his Out for Noughts”? And this is all brilliant.
The fear was that the intricate, expensive experiment of playing Test
Cricket behind closed doors in a biosecure bubble would be a flop, a cynical, anodyne exercise to harvest the pay cheques from the TV companies. But that was not the case. All the detailed preparations of the ECB were worthwhile (if only it could display such foresight in other areas – like the domestic calendar for 2021) and, crucially, the players of both sides have bought into the concept.