SIR Alastair Cook has criticised a county schedule that has seen Essex play nine Championship matches in as many weeks this summer, writes CHRIS STOCKS.
Cook, England’s alltime leading runscorer, retired from international cricket three years ago and has been integral in helping Essex win the County Championship in 2019 and last summer’s Bob Willis Trophy.
This year’s Championship has been reformatted into a conference system that has seen teams play the majority of their games at the start of the season before a big block of white-ball cricket in the middle of the...