The Sunday Telegraph London, July 18th, 2004
TWO DAYS ago, England's selectors devoted most of their meeting in Birmingham to discussing one-day strategy, not the Test side. But yesterday the chairman of selectors, David Graveney, had to look no further than this semi-final to see one of the main reasons why England are so poor at one-day internationals.
The game, as Graveney was present to see, was dominated by non- England qualified players. Darren Lehmann and Ian Harvey carried Yorkshire, Craig Spearman, especially, and Mike Hussey did the same for Gloucestershire. Even if only subconsciously, their teammates could sit back and let t...
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