England’s warm-up plans reveal healthy dose of reality and limits of Bazball ethos
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Dial has shifted, especially for Fleming’s Test side, before winter tours of South Africa, Bangladesh and Australia Last year, England’s winter started in New Zealand, where preparation for their first game in any format for nearly a month amounted to two relaxed training sessions, a cultural welcome ceremony involving local Māori elders and, before that, a team-bonding mini-break in Queenstown. “Obviously there was…
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