Allan Lamb (pictured below in 1981 Cricketers’ Who’s Who tache-wearing heyday) believes that playing competitive warm-up matches has been the most important factor behind England’s success in Australia.
Speaking yesterday on Stephen Nolan’s programme on Five Live, the former England batsman said:
Their preparation was right because they had warm-up games. Every side that has been to Australia in the last fifteen years wanted to have two warm-up games before you even start – one against the Prime Minister’s XI, a non-contest, then a beer game, fifteen-a-side, in Sydney. You can’t beat Australia that way. You’ve got to play against all the Shield teams and that’s what they did right, and that’s the reason they won.
It’s a subject that this blog touched on back in November.
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