article_snippet: But when I was with Sri Lanka we had a lot more meetings and looked at stats a lot more than England do.
article_snippet: We had a team of six people working with Sri Lanka during the World Twenty20 who provided We with data straight after a game and the next day.
article_snippet: Ian Bell wants to know how many net bowlers we have, whether there’s a left-arm seamer, how many right-handers there are.
article_snippet: we have the Caribbean series where there will be a few changes and Alastair Cook and others will come back.
article_snippet: we made good progress in Test cricket with the Indian series last year and we have to keep building on that.
article_snippet: One-day cricket is a completely different story and we have to make sure that by the time we play New Zealand in 50-over cricket this summer we have clear direction.
article_snippet: There’s a fantastic opportunity now for players in county cricket to stick players in county cricket hands up and say ‘there are spaces in that England team and I’m going to take my chance’.