Red and white can co-exist, says Overton

By Richard Edwards

CRAIG OVERTON can understand why some young cricketers are intent on prioritising white ball cricket over the red ball game. But the Somerset and England quick, who returned to county cricket last week after winter back surgery, believes both can co-exist – for now at least.
“There is more of a white ball focus, I guess,” says Overton, who last played for England in their 2022 series in the West Indies. “That’s where the audience is.
“Test cricket used to be the pinnacle, and I still think it is for me and a lot of others,...

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