Nasser Hussain believes England’s quickfire victory over the West Indies in the first Test shows the crossroads the sport's longest format finds itself at.
Nasser Hussain believes England’s quickfire victory over the West Indies in the first Test shows the crossroads the sport's longest format finds itself at. The innings and 114-run win was wrapped up barely an hour into the third day at Lord's, with the tourists having played just one three-day game in preparation and the majority of the squad having played no other red-ball cricket since the eight-run win over Australia in Brisbane in January.
'So, all the lessons he's drawn from Test cricket - the ups, the downs, the highs, the lows, the coming back for that third spell at six o'clock in the evening and having to dig deep within yourself. 'All of the things which have made him the mature person he is, Test cricket has helped him along the way.
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