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Matthew Cooper

England "in a great place" under Rob Key although white-ball revolution poses "problems"

Surrey star Laurie Evans believes the future of English cricket is "in a great place" with former Kent captain Rob Key at the helm as Managing Director of England Men's Cricket.

Key was a surprise appointment back in April, with the 43-year-old stepping away from his role as a pundit and commentator with Sky Sports to take on the job. And he has already overseen a raft of changes, appointing two new coaches in Brendon McCullum and Matthew Mott and two new captains in Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler.

England have enjoyed immediate success in Test cricket under McCullum and Stokes, whitewashing World Test Champions New Zealand and producing a record-breaking chase to defeat India in the rescheduled fifth Test. In white-ball cricket, they remain one of the strongest teams in the world but are now entering a new era following Eoin Morgan's retirement from international cricket.

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