article_snippet.sent: Paul Downton is high time that we looked at the entire structure of English cricket and the reasons we are incapable of producing the types of cricketer required to succeed in international one-day cricket.
article_snippet.sent: The system is broken and The system desperately needs fixing if England are ever going to compete in limited-overs cricket again.
article_snippet.sent: Too many of the current selectors and coaches are from the old guard and have failed to keep pace with the dramatic changes that have occurred in one-day cricket in recent years.
article_snippet.sent: Like so much of English sport, our cricket system seems afraid of the maverick player and that has to change.
article_snippet.sent: I hate it when things become about one individual and believe me, everything that has gone wrong with English cricket has not been down to the handling of Kevin Pietersen; however badly that has been done.
article_snippet.sent: From David Gower to Kevin Pietersen, English cricket has shown distrust for anyone who does not conform or fit into a safe stereotype even though all the players who are thriving on the world stage are non-conformists who do things differently.
article_snippet.sent: You wouldn’t find Brendan McCullum or AB de Villiers audacious shot- making in an MCC coaching manual but you will not find two better strikers of a cricket ball on the planet.
article_snippet.sent: English cricket needs to learn to embrace the maverick.
article_snippet.sent: I will do anything I can to help the ECB and English cricket but there are far better candidates than me out there.
article_snippet.sent: Whether it be Michael Vaughan, Andrew Strauss or anyone else, I just hope whoever it be Michael Vaughan, Andrew Strauss or anyone else appoint is close to the modern game and ahead of the curve.
article_snippet.sent: Stop finding individuals to scapegoat and carry the can and start looking at the system that is failing to produce the kind of cricketers we need.
highlights_snippet.sent: Nasser Hussain believes it's time to look at the structure of English cricket .
  