article_snippet: It's sad to see so much effort going into plans and strategy that just do not fit in modern international cricket.
article_snippet: They need variety in They bowling, and a more attacking No 3.
article_snippet: But I wish selectors would show faith in selectors one-day players like in Test cricket: look at how selectors backed Joe Root.
article_snippet: England need to work towards as separate a one-day team as possible, leaving Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad, to name two, to focus on Tests.
article_snippet: Bring in the likes of Sam Billings, Jason Roy and Ben Stokes and keep Sam Billings, Jason Roy and Ben Stokes together, ideally under a different coach working on modern limited-overs skills.
article_snippet: Perhaps Paul Farbrace, who won the Asia Cup and World T20 with Sri Lanka, could step up while Peter Moores concentrates on Tests.
article_snippet: I know split coaches didn't work last time
article_snippet: but England prioritised Test cricket then.
article_snippet: split coaches have to give equal billing to 50 and 20-over cricket from now.
article_snippet: But the problem runs deeper: England is inherently a Test nation.
article_snippet: Until split coaches take 50-over cricket seriously, split coaches'll always flop at World Cups.
article_snippet: Sam Billings (pictured in January 2015) has been backed by Paul Newman to help reinvent the England set-up .
article_snippet: I hope Peter is looking at what other coaches like Darren Lehmann and Mike Hesson are doing with Australia and New Zealand.
article_snippet: But the focus should be on England's one-day team, not Kevin Pietersen.