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Rob Key

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611 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Test Match Special
The state of English men’s cricket

That was a big part of why we went for Will Jacks.

Test Match Special
The state of English men’s cricket

So I do feel that at times it's slightly unfair to think that we haven't.

Test Match Special
The state of English men’s cricket

A lot of the time we're actually, you know, it might be lots of people that I speak to to try and work out what the best way is to go from lots of different things.

Test Match Special
The state of English men’s cricket

We've got a performance director now from other sports so they can just, you know, I think that cricket doesn't do well with people from outside of the game because it's like you're only as good or only as bright as something depending on how good you were at 26.

Test Match Special
The state of English men’s cricket

So we've got a number of different people that are coming in trying to give us a view or helping out, trying to see the world differently to what I do.

Test Match Special
The state of English men’s cricket

So I don't agree with that.

Test Match Special
The state of English men’s cricket

We've just got to get better at adapting.

Test Match Special
The state of English men’s cricket

Yeah, I think also we're taking, in fact, Australia is still a very good side.

Test Match Special
The state of English men’s cricket

They might not have had Cummings, Stark, Hazelwood, people like that.

Test Match Special
The state of English men’s cricket

Or even before that, when the pressure was on against India as well.

Test Match Special
The state of English men’s cricket

When we started, the results that we had, we were playing far outside, far above our potential.

Test Match Special
The state of English men’s cricket

We were chasing 350.

Test Match Special
The state of English men’s cricket

Johnny Bairstow played, it was in the form of his life before he did his anchor.

Test Match Special
The state of English men’s cricket

And we went on a run that probably after a really tough time of it was right up there.

Test Match Special
The state of English men’s cricket

But it was above actually.

Test Match Special
The state of English men’s cricket

You're not going to win games all the time if you're chasing 350.

Test Match Special
The state of English men’s cricket

So it gave a bit of a false read on where we were.

Test Match Special
The state of English men’s cricket

And as you say, we had an experienced bowling attack at that point.

Test Match Special
The state of English men’s cricket

And then gradually as we've gone, we're now a side without that experience.

Test Match Special
The state of English men’s cricket

We've got real potential with the bowling, the batting.