Forget bowling machines that put the ball in the slot, it’s time batsmen faced proper bowlers to prepare them for the test ahead…

PRINGLE’s VIEWPOINT

Straightforward: Jonny Bairstow batting in the nets
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Cricket is best served when there is a good balance between bat and ball. When that goes awry, as it does when batsmen are favoured by the white ball and bowlers with the red, it ceases to be a spectacle where the outcome, at least on a micro level between players, remains in doubt.
Ask any bowler not a spinner and they will curse the white Kooka...