Given the ECBs penchant for sending legal letters I should make it clear Eoin Morgan (almost) definitely does not read Side On View. But he is doing things a bit differently. In this post I analysed Morgan's ODI career to date and noted that his concentrating on limited overs cricket doesn't seem to have improved his white ball form. In fact there is a slight but perceptible falling away in his performances since he stopped playing first class games.
And Eoin has changed course. He turned out for Middlesex in the county championship against Gloucestershire last week scoring 76, his previous first class appearance being back in 2015. And Morgan was clear he expected playing first class cricket to help his one day game:
"Striving to play red ball cricket always made me work on my technique a little bit more. My technique's normally okay [against the red ball] and I tend to hit it further and play it later."
Which raises the issue of what is Adil Rashid up to. He has been turning out for Yorkshire 2s but not playing in the championship. How can that help his game? And if he had played some championship cricket in 2018 he may well have been back in the test side following Jack Leach's injury. One Day contracts are not a good idea as it gives players an easy option.
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