Overton’s self-enforced break shows Test cricket’s enduring strength, not weakness | Ali Martin

Fast bowler’s surprise decision to miss Ashes is an endorsement of five-day game and its unforgiving natureWhen Jamie Overton announced on Monday that he is taking an indefinite break from first-class cricket to focus on the white-ball formats, it caught the England management and supporters on the hop. A common reflex was to view it as the latest blow to Test cricket at large.After all, Overton played in England’s most recent Test – the epic six-run defeat against India – and by all accounts was going to be selected among the pool of fast bowlers for the Ashes moonshot this winter. Aged 31, the chance to go on such a high profile tour is unlikely to come around again. Continue reading...

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