Stefan Shemilt

However, the carpet has been lifted and brushed under.

There's no way things will improve as we are.

Do you think...

I mean, we won't know probably some of the attention to detail behind the scenes, Alistair.

Do you think we will get an indication whether they're going on a different path by the first test squad that is selected?

Sorry on that, Alistair, would you think then...

which was the way Stefan brilliantly rephrased my question.

Do you think if you are an opening batsman in the first six weeks of county cricket, you can now play completely your game rather than necessarily, I know it's slightly hard to do probably in April, but slightly adapting your game

to be the really aggressive opener that they have wanted in the past.

That's now been proven.

That's nonsense.

But that's one of the psychologies of county cricket, of how much do I play my natural, how much do I have to try and force them?

And he's in the IPL.

Probably got four, five of the 11 in the IPO.

I've got Kars, Bethel, Archer, Jacks, Duckett.

But from that, you've got five of them.

And going back to that point, Alistair, they all have to bowl.

Because that's the other big thing of recent years.

The perception is that most England bowlers only bowl if they're selected for England.

That's it for this episode of the TMS Pod.