PETER HAYTER

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Talent-spotter: Ian Gould, centre, is on the ICC Elite panel of umpires, and saw the early potential of a certain Ben Stokes,
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As the nation awaits the announcement of Ed Smith’s first squad as new National Selector, there will be interest also in the identity of the man (or woman) he will choose in due course to work alongside him as the other full-time member of his panel.
Along with the access Smith will enjoy to the latest statistical analysis, or ‘analytics’ as the science is now known in the right circles, there...