Peter Hayter argues it is high time cricket looked to appoint independent experts to make key player welfare calls, regardless of the player’s opinion

Legendary: Steve Waugh is part of the Australia support staff

There was no mistaking what Steve Smith thought about having to miss the third Ashes Test at Headingley. The long eye of the TV lens had spotted him idly twirling a ball behind the glass of the Aussie dressing room window before start of play on day one and you didn’t need a degree in mind-reading to figure out how much he was loving his enforced absence from the ...