Cricket’s increasingly complex merry-go-round as formats overlap

There is always a certain sadness for me when the English and Welsh cricket season ends, which it did on Sept. England battered Sri Lanka into submission in front of a full house at the Kennington Oval in the third of three One Day Internationals, whilst Warwickshire claimed the county championship as their rivals fell away. Decades ago, this would have meant alternative winter occupation for those players not selected for England’s winter tours.

These days, there is a full schedule for the