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Article: England rue the lost generation
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- April 30, 1995
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IT'S flower-picking time again. Spring is with us and there are
all those lovely blooms to choose from. But which are the
loveliest? That is the perennial problem facing the England cricket
selectors, and as Ray Illingworth, Fred Titmus and David Graveney
begin their search for the men who must take on the West Indies
this summer, they might do well to ponder just how many have waved
invitingly in the breeze in the past.
The 65 cricketers listed are all those who have played a Test
match for England and are still in the first-class game in 1995. It
should be an exclusive club. But if we multiply the 18 counties by
10, to allow for each one's overseas player, the total of 180
suggests that ...