Michael Vaughan has criticised England’s “diabolical” decision to pick young batter Jacob Bethell in the fifth Test of their drawn series against India.
Bethell, considering one of the most promising talents in world cricket, barely played this summer as he travelled around with the England squad as a back-up batter. The 21-year-old was eventually thrown into the action in the fifth and final Test after Ben Stokes suffered a shoulder injury, replacing the captain at No 6, but scored 11 runs across the two innings and looked tentative throughout.
