DEREK PRINGLE

Maverick man: Ben Stokes is a leading light for England in 50-over cricket, but why aren’t they firing in other formats?
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The shorter the format the more chance that participating teams have of leading the pack, or so the theory goes. In which case, what do we make of England’s rise to the top of the 50-over rankings this week, the piggy in the middle at least in terms of overs?
The first point to make is that it was planned. When Andrew Strauss appointed Trevor Bayliss as England head coach in 2015, it was with the specific...