The inexorable rise of franchise cricket across the world threatens Andrew Strauss’ reforms to cricket in England
(Picture: Getty Images)When England returned from another harrowing Ashes tour Down Under at the start of the year, eyes turned and fingers pointed towards a domestic game deemed not fit for purpose.
“Anyone that’s coming into this Test team at the minute is doing it in spite of county cricket, not because of county cricket,” then captain Joe Root famously said.
