Jason Gillespie
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140 appearances
2 recordings
2 series
first heard Dec 2025
last heard 20 Dec
Jason Gillespie’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Match practice is vital.
I understand there's the... I suppose a lot of people are saying that the modern game, there's more tournaments, there's less time and it's harder to fit practice matches in.
I think if you're planning two, three years out for a tour, you make sure you get these practice games in.
And I've always said if they're... Rather than them being... If they're not... If they don't have first-class status, then...
it's hard to recreate the intensity of a first-class game.
What about England in general and their approach?
Yeah, they've certainly applied themselves well.
Look, the way they've gone about it, I think, starts with selection, I suppose.
what England are doing is selecting on attributes as opposed to rewarding performances at the lower level.
I've got no problem if you identify attributes that you think can succeed at test level and succeed on a tour, that's fine, but not at the expense of the lower level.
it's almost it looks from an outsider it's almost as if county cricket doesn't matter and having been involved in the county system it does matter and it matters to a lot of people and it's a
It seems from the outside that the ECB don't necessarily care about county cricket.
But I think it's a very good tournament.
And particularly, obviously, in Division 1, over the years, there's been some excellent cricket played at a very high standard.
And I think the ECB should celebrate what a great tournament
the county championship is rather than it just seems it's a bit unloved and I think there's really good cricket and you've got to find that balance between rewarding the attributes you think can succeed at the next level and rewarding performance
Because, you know, players get told you keep scoring runs, you take wickets, you know, bang the door down, demand selection through performance.
But it seems at the moment that you could score thousands of runs in county cricket, but unless you don't fit a certain type of player that the England hierarchy are looking for, you're no chance of playing.
And I'm not sure that's a message you want to send out to your first-class players in your country.
Well, England...
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