England tours post 2008

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I have tried to analyse on the debacles and I guess the root cause of everything is ipl and scheduling.  Before ipl our fab4 had the experience of County cricket and they could do well. And England of those days was a pretty average team baring 2005 ashes. Now with ipl going deep into May and English tour starting in June and with barely any real practise games being scheduled we are destined to struggle. More so when we carry aged players like Vijay and make ODI specialists open in England. ChePu had county experience this time but he and Rahane have deep psychological issues and with the captain and coach showing zero confidence on them they are bound to fail. And to this effect, selecting Karthik as wicket keeper was a joke.

Common guys.. bring guys who are young and have no scars. This English side is not as strong as it looks especially in batting.  Bring in Pant , Mayank, Vihari.. even if they fail it's a learning for them and not a rehash of scars like it is for current crop. 

 

PS: I expect the same team to do okay in Australia like they did in south Africa since the moment of the deck is not as pronounced as in England and theres no IPL hangover. They will struggle even more in new Zealand if NZC prepares juicy pitches. 

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I have tried to analyse on the debacles and I guess the root cause of everything is ipl and scheduling.  Before ipl our fab4 had the experience of County cricket and they could do well. And England of those days was a pretty average team baring 2005 ashes. Now with ipl going deep into May and English tour starting in June and with barely any real practise games being scheduled we are destined to struggle. More so when we carry aged players like Vijay and make ODI specialists open in England. ChePu had county experience this time but he and Rahane have deep psychological issues and with the captain and coach showing zero confidence on them they are bound to fail. And to this effect, selecting Karthik as wicket keeper was a joke.
Common guys.. bring guys who are young and have no scars. This English side is not as strong as it looks especially in batting.  Bring in Pant , Mayank, Vihari.. even if they fail it's a learning for them and not a rehash of scars like it is for current crop. 
 
PS: I expect the same team to do okay in Australia like they did in south Africa since the moment of the deck is not as pronounced as in England and theres no IPL hangover. They will struggle even more in new Zealand if NZC prepares juicy pitches. 

SA there was far more seam movement.England the Ball Swings more.Australia Has pace and be bounce.