I don’t think Archer will make it as a regular in the England side. He’s far too injury prone.Ali and Rashid cracking England in various forms kind of demonstrates the point when so few make the county set ups.
Mills is a good point but not Archer and Jordan as they spent all their formative years in the Caribbean and the ECB poached them and placed them in the county game.
There’s limit pathways these days for similar Brit born kids of Caribbean origin which is a disgrace but then it’s just as much a class thing. There’s limited opportunity from most people without a priveledged background and it never used to be the case.
Good points there.There’s a lot of grass roots cricket with poor facilities and in some cities space is an obvious issue but 30% of grass roots cricketer players are from Asian backgrounds but only 2% of county pros.
The professional system is flawed and struggles to engage with that community, in some places due to what looks like elitism and a lack of understanding.
You do wonder how the Muslim community is meant to warm to county cricket when all they see on tv is beer snakes. Same for the average family with young kids,
That is why they have tried with the Hundred but thats another debate, they could have changed the tone of T20 to appeal to the wider audience.