England's relentless county grind secret to their international success: Finch

Retired Australia whiteball captain Aaron Finch believes the relentless grind of county and domestic cricket is the secret to Englands recent success adding that the workload helps players transition from one form of the game to another with easeEngland currently hold both the ICC 50over and T20 World Cup titles and have won nine out of 10 Tests after Brendon McCullum and Ben Stoke replaced Chris Silverwood and Joe Root as head coach and captain respectivelyFinch who retired from international cricket on Tuesday but will continue to play in the Big Bash League and domestic tournaments around the world said young England players are exposed to so much cricket in their formative years that it makes moving between formats seamlessTheir young guys are exposed to a lot of cricket especially through their developing years when its probably easier to make changes in your game Finch was quoted as saying by cricketcomau on WednesdayEven from club cricket right through to international level they just play so many games especially in the oneday and T20 space And because theres so much cricket theres also differences in the way they trainFinch one of the most successful Australia T20I players who guided the team to its maiden T20 World Cup in the UAE in 2021 added the key to England players success was hours spent at the nets on the mornings before their domestic gamesEngland have recently added the T20 Blast and The Hundred competitions to county and oneday cup cricket which means they are competing in at least 50 fixtures domestically each year prior to international whiteball fixturesAlso readTwo World Cups to most matches as captain Aaron Finch leaves Australia with a legacy amp beyondThey dont train as much but they use net sessions on the mornings of their games as their main practice sessions so you have guys batting batting and batting just hours before a match startsFinch is well aware of the county system having played league cricket in England as a teenager before playing a few seasons with Yorkshire and SurreyFinch believes that while a punishing 18team county schedule should not be replicated in his country he averred that the high volume of matches in England give players the opportunity to explore highrisk innovations with the batHe added that smaller county grounds also make young strokemakers take more risks which in turn perfects their techniquesFrom what Ive seen over the last 10 years in the way they domestic England players train is a greater acceptance of failure if you likeI think were in a space at the moment in Australia where thats being accepted around most programs and thats good because guys are prepared to really push themselves and the boundaries over there purely because they play so muchTheres certainly more innovation in the English game right through the system Almost everybody ramps everybody reverse sweeps and hard sweeps and even keeps wickets and bowls a bit Theyre definitely a wellskilled outfitThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever