England’s next generation are stealing march on ageing Aussies and India

Who is the best young batsman in Test cricket, and who is the best young batsman-keeper? Who is the best young fast bowler, or young spinner? Without going overboard, if we use 26 as the cut-off age then there is a case for saying all of them might be English.

For sure, Harry Brook, 25, faces stiff competition from Yashasvi Jaiswal and Kamindu Mendis, as does Jamie Smith, 24, from Dhruv Jurel among keepers. Jayden Seales might dispute the claim of Gus Atkinson — the 26-year-old fresh off a hat-trick in Wellington — to be the best of the emerging quicks, and Washington Sundar could, with sufficient opportunities in the India side, rival the 21-year-old Shoaib Bashir, who is still very much a work in

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