Ok, it is 2022 and my Northants have just done their 3rd clean sweep in a row
during the season, i had
6 players called up for international duty (england). this made a huge hole in my team. 3 were bowlers, 1 was a keeper, and 2 were batsmen. the only good thing was that 5 of them came through my youth team. One of the bowlers, C.Walker, took 112 wickets @ 9.64 in 15 tests even after being injured for like 2 tests.
From about 2015 onwards, i started to see a trend towards the bowlers and the fact that there seems to be a lot more floating around.
***Quick update on A.Cook***
After his 2nd year in my squad, he was called up for england at the age of 21. in 5 tests he averages 30.71, but it is his first class stats that are keeping well.
34 fc matches: 2241 runs @ 62 11 wickets at 26
28 OD matches: 1396 runs @ 78 1 wicket @ 12
20 t/20 matches: 599 runs @ 86