Lord's kingmaker Sir Andrew Strauss has published his high performance review – with a mission statement to make England No.1 in the world across all formats within five years.
But the former England captain wants to get there by making wholesale changes to the domestic game, notably a three-division County Championship, and he warned: "The status quo is not an option."
Strauss has spent the last six months conducting an in-depth autopsy on England's latest Ashes blow-out in Australia, where they have lost the last three series 5-0, 4-0 and 4-0. And he has presented 17 keynote recommendations, featuring a six-team top division and two secondary conferences where the winners would play off for one promotion annually.
