The editor of Cricket Statistician analyses recent events

SIMON SWEETMAN

It has been muttered from time to time in recent years that three formats is too many for one sport to maintain, and that the format most likely to disappear is the one innings 50-over game. How does the current Champions’ Trophy fit into that narrative and, indeed, what part might it play in bringing it about?
In the women’s game, the long format of the game is dead or dying. Women’s Test matches have been a fragile form for some time. In the last ten years, England have played seven Tests, six...