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UK’s Dawid Malan: “We can’t argue that the county system is working if we’re just number one in the Cricket Trials for X periods of time’; advocate of changes to the county system, including including reducing the number of District Championships and Explosive Match Vitality

Dawid Malan says ‘less cricket at higher intensity’ will benefit England cricket

Dawid Malan has publicly supported the proposed changes to the district’s game, saying that “less cricket at higher intensity” would benefit players, allowing them to commit to all forms and help the British Test side.

Appreciating the high performance of the England and Wales Cricket Council, chaired by former England captain and Cricket Director Sir Andrew Strauss, has proposed cutting the number of matches in the County Championship and Vitality Blast from 14 to 10 left.

Those amendments, which include a flight on the same streamlined red ball by six teams, could be made in time for the 2024 season if at least 12 of the 18 counties vote for them.

Speaking to reporters in Lahore ahead of England’s sixth T20 international against Pakistan, Malan said: “If you’re a player trying to get better in your game, there’s no time to work. with your game and you’re on fire.

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“With less cricket at higher intensity and the ability to really practice and prepare for those matches, I think your bowlers will be stronger.

“They’ll be able to beat faster for longer, that’s going to be harder for the hitter and you can really improve your game.

“We can’t argue that the county system is working if we’re just number one in the world [in Test cricket] in time X.

“We have produced some world-class cricketers but that’s how the British system can produce cricketers who will play cricket similar to Test cricket.

“Test them in all conditions, so that when they make a move, it’s not like you’re learning on the job.

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“If you can create something that encourages people to keep playing all formats of the game, that will be a winner for England cricket going forward.

“It has to make it appealing so that players still want to play four-day cricket, schedule wise, so there’s a bit of time between matches for them to rest, recover and work on their game. .

“You don’t want to lose a lot of cricket but you don’t want to go to the stage where people are saying ‘too much, and I want to play XYZ’.

“Look at a young player like Will Jacks.

“I know he has Test ambitions but if he starts playing really well and gets into England’s white team regularly and he plays around the world in the winter in three or four leagues, count by April, he’ll probably have learned after playing three or four [Championship] Game.

“Something has to offer such players.”

Malan says fewer games could help players like Will Jacks (pictured) commit to all forms

Malan has no plans to quit red cricket right now and is looking forward to adding 22 more of his Test caps, the last of which came during the last Ash Test in Hobart in January.

However, at 35 years old, the left-handed player is realistic about his longest comeback chances.

Malan added: “I still love to play test cricket. Whether that’s done or not, it’s not up to me. I think it’s pretty much done, but we’ll find out and see how it works.

“I still want to win titles and have some goals that I want to achieve in terms of runs and hundreds of times.”

Watch Britain’s Friday T20 international live in Pakistan on Sky Sports Cricket on Friday. Coverage starts at 3pm with the first ball at 3:30pm.