Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod]
It is true that team is missing key players so their poor performance is not surprising. And that is right that James Anderson retirement damage performance of team little. Your observation abou absence of Jofra Archer and Mark Wood and Chris Woakes is correct as is your point that younger bowlers like Brydon Carse and Saqib Mahmood are promising but still developing. As you said upcoming series against Ireland will be good chance for them to gain experience.
Brydon Carse may be inexperienced, but he is not young. He is into his 30s. Even Saqib Mahmood is in his late 20s. So it is not like they came up with a very young squad. The problem is that their first choice bowlers are not available. If Wood and Woakes were available, then it would have been a different story altogether. Also, they have this long standing issue of not having a quality spinner. Adil Rashid had an exceptional outing, but he is not consistent. And at 37 years, he is not young either.
