This year has posed some probing questions for world cricket. In some ways, the last few days of the year have mirrored them as clearly as the rest of the year.
Earlier this week, England all-rounder and test team captain Ben Stokes, while talking to BBC Radio4, voiced concerns about the packed schedules in the international cricket calendar. Stokes alerted the cricketing world about the adverse effects of hectic scheduling on the quality of cricket played in international matches. “I don’t think that’s the way for international cricket to go. The scheduling and everything like that, I think, just doesn’t get as much attention given to it as it should.”
