Catches win matches so England must improve!

Derek Pringle examines the importance of cutting out fielding errors if they are to be a success Down Under

They were words of foreboding, from a man who knows what counts in Australian conditions, so England’s cricketers should take heed. But just how do you make catches stick, something you feel Joe Root’s team must discover if they are to have any chance of retaining the Ashes this winter?
By general consensus, England dropped 14 catches in the three-match series against West Indies and almost that many in the four Tests against South Africa beforehand. That they won both ...

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