Quote ="Sexual Deviant"7 games is overkill as well. That's why people are fed up of it.'"
You can say that again! Barring the single ODI in Ireland, we've played fourteen consecutive international matches of one form or another against the same opposition in the same country in the space of around three months. All these additional ODIs seem to be a sop to the counties who missed out on staging one of the coveted five Ashes Tests, and at least with Australia the tourists this year, a cynical money-making exercise to sell tickets for additional matches against the most attractive opposition.
It can't be a coincidence that the team who win the Test series usually look disinterested and uninspired in the ODIs that follow. It was the same last year when South Africa, who defeated us so impressively in the Test series, appeared to be mentally in the Heathrow departure lounge during the ODIs. And now there are yet more ODIs in South Africa in the uperflous Champions' Trophy, which appears to be merely a scaled down version of the World Cup without the associate member nations. What's the point? Don't the players ever get a break? No wonder England are so ropey in the 50 over games - our domestic 50 overs competition took place almost entirely during April & May and most of our players probably never played in it for their counties.
