Laughable to point the finger at the Hundred’ for England’s Ashes drubbing, says Morgan #Laughable #finger

London, Jan 18 : Englands limited-overs captain Eoin Morgan has said that it is "laughable to point the finger at the Hundred" for Englands 4-0 Ashes defeat in Australia.

He added that Test match cricket has always been the priority for the England team.

"Test match cricket has always been the priority: its the format for our elite players.Obviously, times at the moment have been tough down in Australia during the Ashes, weve lost the last two series 5-0 (sic) and its no surprise that Australia are very, very good at home.

"Given the preparations, the guys have had where since theyve arrived in Australia, until the first Test match, it has hammered it down with rain.its laughable to point the finger at the Hundred.The Hundred is an unbelievable success.

Our formats in county cricket and the Hundred, in the way theyre structured, its exactly the same as Australias," Morgan quoted as saying by ESPNCricinfo."People need something to blame so theyll point at probably the furthest point to reality because nobody wants to say.You know what, we havent had the preparations we would have liked, we probably havent played as wed have liked, and weve lost.That happens in all formats, but I stress: Test match cricket has always been the priority," he said.Englands humiliating series defeat in Australia has prompted both Joe Root, the Test captain, and Tom Harrison, the ECBs chief executive, to call for a "red-ball reset" and a shift in priorities within English cricket, with the implication that the balance has tilted too far in favour of the white-ball game since 2015.

"As a white-ball group, weve gone on tours and played in series at home where we havent had our full-strength side available - thats been a constant theme for a number of years now," Morgan said."Obviously Test matches take priority and always do.Going through the exercise of giving younger guys opportunities is a really exciting time for us.Players coming through county cricket, into the Hundred, playing in franchise tournaments around the world, are now going into our team ready to play international cricket.Im excited about seeing some of the new players coming into the squad potentially get opportunities over the course of the five games, and hopefully winning a series," he added.

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