England A fixture against the touring sides

[admin]

Whilst I'm disappointed that Test matches are lost to Terrestrial television in the new television rights agreement by the ECB I'm delighted that the ECB will budget for England A fixtures against touring sides. I sincerely hope these matches are televised. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/4098827.stm

[darren cook]

I think A Team games are a great idea. It gives players like J Foster, A Cook and hopefully Chris Tremlett a place to shine.I can't understand why Tremlett or J Foster aren't in the A Team tour(Academy). I would also like to see with some of this Sky money an Academy side (Players like A Cook,J Hildreth and Liam Plunkett) and a proper A Team ( I Bell, J Foster and C Tremlett etc). When young players finish u19's there is a big gap now the Academy is really the A Team. We could do with Talented youngsters having a stint and tours with the Academy.There are too many talented players getting lost between U19's and the A Team.