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“Obviously the contracts are good for them,” says Silverwood, who can see some benefits with the World T20 on the horizon.

We know the captains are in a good position. Is that something England can continue in Australia next winter?

He is nowhere near as good as someone like Paul Collingwood, Ricky Ponting or Herschelle Gibbs.

Negative thoughts can come back very quickly. Name me one England batsman who is a gun fielder? We’re looking at South Africa before Christmas for a white-ball tour and then a red-ball camp in the UAE as well to prepare the guys going to Sri Lanka.

We won’t be getting too down about it.

“There’s quite a bit up in the air,” Silverwood said, “but we’re hopeful that the tours after Christmas [against Sri Lanka and India] will go ahead.

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I see the Australians move better around the field than us.

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Fielding is an area where they could make a massive difference to their performances by being 50 per cent better at it.

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They seem to know how to galvanise each other and it is rarely the same person who produces a bit of magic, which is so important.

We need to make sure they don’t burn out so we’ll have to keep an eye on them.”. We rely on advertising to help fund our award-winning journalism.

That is tough.

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They lost their first Test to West Indies but came back to win the series.

If you want to win big series overseas you can’t just have everything in your favour at home.