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Jon Lewis, the former Gloucestershire captain and England seamer, has criticised the decision to do away with the 50-over format in county cricket, arguing that the limited-overs game in the domestic circuit should remain consistent with the international format.

The counties voted 13-5 in favour of embracing the new format, which reduces the number of overs to 40 but retains the Powerplays and fielding restrictions, like in the 50-over game. It is believed that the 40-over game still retains popularity among county members and is easier to sell than the 50-over fixture.

However, Lewis, who’s played one Test and 13 ODIs, felt otherwise. “If you asked the players and members, I think a majority of them would be in favour of retaining the 50-over competition,” he told to media. There is something unique and very, very special about playing for your county in a showpiece final at Lord’s. It’s something which simply isn’t available to players or spectators in Twenty20 cricket. I’ve been lucky enough to be involved in quite a few Lord’s finals with Gloucestershire and they are an amazing experience. It will be sad to see that removed from the programme.”

But Lewis supported the retention of the two-division County Championship format which promoted and relegated teams based on their performance. “That remains the best option for the England team,” he said. “By keeping the two-division system with promotion and relegation and teams playing one another on a home and away basis, the competition has at least been permitted to retain its integrity.

“This structure has definitely promoted increased competition and raised standards and that has to be good for the England team. Personally I was relieved when the ECB listened to the counties and decided to leave the four-day game well alone.”

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England batsman Joe Denly will undergo a scan on his left knee on Thursday after suffering an injury during England’s practice session prior to the first ODI against Australia at The Oval and is doubtful for the opening match of the series. Denly twisted his knee while playing football with his England team-mates in a warm-up session and was carried to the dressing room by team staff.

The injury was sustained as Denly toppled forwards following a collision with Owais Shah. His left leg caught in the turf as he lost balance, and after rolling on impact he took several moments before attempting to flex his knee, he had to be helped up the steep flight of steps to the dressing rooms by Russell and the team security advisor Reg Dickason.

Denly scored 67 from 111 balls in tough conditions on his ODI debut against Ireland last Thursday, and though he followed up with a golden duck in the first abandoned Twenty20 fixture at Old Trafford,

That place is now in serious doubt for Friday’s day-night fixture. The ECB confirmed that the injury had been looked at by the team medical staff, but a decision on a replacement is likely to be deferred until after the results of his scan.

Strauss said that the players went too hard on this occasion and the football warm-up would be reviewed. “The reason we’ve played football in the past is because … it’s a good way of getting the blood flowing we’ve felt that if it’s played sensibly the chances of anyone getting injured is slight,” he said. “If we’re honest and there is a chance of people getting injured then we’ll look at it.”

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Flintoff, 31, pulled out of the three-day Caribbean tour opener against a St Kitts & Nevis XI and was dispatched to Jamaica for further investigation of the problem.

He underwent a MRI scan with the results assessed back in the UK by the England and Wales Cricket Board’s chief medical officer Nick Peirce.

“The scan showed no major damage and we will continue to assess Andrew on a daily basis,” said an England team spokesman.

England have one further warm-up game, a three-day affair against West Indies A starting on January 29, prior to the first Test in Jamaica from February 4-8.

“We haven’t made a decision yet as to whether he is available for the next three-day game,” added the spokesman.

Meanwhile, another of the tourists’ walking wounded, Owais Shah, was undergoing further medical checks on a scratched cornea.

Shah, who hit an unbeaten 125 on the opening day of the tour, sported an eye-patch after an initial examination on Monday.

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LONDON: Andrew Strauss will invasion as England cricket skipper following the resignation of Kevin Pietersen, the organization manager of England cricket said on Wednesday.

Hugh Morris also inveterate that team coach Peter Moores had been asked to
“surrender his role” after Pietersen’s resignation, which followed a dispute between the captain and the coach.

“The England and Wales Cricket Board have accepted with be unhappy the acquiescence of Kevin Pietersen as captain,” he said, reading a statement at an emergency press conference at The Oval cricket ground in London.

But he added that Pietersen was “highly valued as a senior and experienced player and we are delighted that he has indicated that he is willing to remain part of the England team.”

Regarding Moores, Morris said the ECB had decided that he “should relinquish his role” for the good of the England cricket squad.

Pietersen, South African born as is his stand-in Strauss, had questioned the aptitude of Moores - who never played worldwide cricket himself - as a coach in a argument which became public just weeks before England go away on January 21 for their tour of the West Indies.

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