Chris Stocks questions the wisdom of playing a five-match ODI series as the autumn gloom descends

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As rain wiped out play after just 14 balls at Trent Bridge yesterday, the one overriding question was why the hell are we starting a one-day series in mid-September?
England and West Indies had put on a decent game at Old Trafford on Tuesday, with Jonny Bairstow impressing as he scored his maiden ODI hundred to help Eoin Morgan’s men chase down 205 to win by seven wickets.
However, even that contest ...