28-05-2018 16:30 via theguardian.com

Lord’s humbling should remind ECB it is easier to sell a winning team | Vic Marks

England’s crushing defeat highlighted how red-ball cricket’s marginalisation in this country is damaging the development of Test players – but Pakistan’s victory was a triumphFor the romantic rather than the English patriot, the Lord’s Test provided a wonderful outcome.England were humbled by the pace trio of Mohammad Abbas, Hasan Ali and Mohammad Amir. Abbas is a former leather worker from Sialkot, who has been playing in the most uncharted domestic competition in
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