England’s youth strategy adds to Patel frustration

By Charlie Talbot-Smith
SAMIT Patel has had enough of watching young spinners get parachuted into the England Test side while he remains kicking his heels on the sidelines.
Dom Bess became the latest England call-up last week for their disastrous nine-wicket defeat at Lord’s to Pakistan.
The 20-year-old Bess follows Somerset teammate Jack Leach, 26, and Mason Crane, 21, as the last three spinners to appear for England in Tests.
While injuries have not helped, each of them has played only a solitary Test so far while Patel remains marooned on six caps, the last of which came all the wa...

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