Stokes and Gill call for scheduling consistency

Kaumi GazetteCricket31 July, 20258.2K Views

Stokes and Gill call for scheduling consistency

Captains Shubman Gill of India and Ben Stokes of England shake arms on the finish of Day Five of the 4th Rothesay Test Match between England and India at Emirates Old Trafford on July 27, 2025 in Manchester, England.
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Ben Stokes, who was dominated out of the last Test towards India attributable to a proper shoulder harm, known as for higher scheduling and gaps in a five-Test collection.

Both groups have struggled when it comes to managing participant accidents and workloads, and the England captain didn’t hesitate in admitting that it takes a ‘big toll’ on each participant.

“I guess maybe you could look back over five games in a series.

“Could the gaps between games be done a little bit better? You had two eight-day and nine-day gaps between Tests and then two three-day turnarounds; maybe you could look at making it four, five for every game. This way there’s some consistency,” Stokes mentioned.

“It has been tough for both teams. A lot of overs were bowled, and there was a lot of time spent out on the field. That’s part of the game,” he added.

India captain Shubman Gill additionally agreed that enjoying over 5 days has its challenges.

“One of the most important things in the series has been that all the matches have gone up to five days. I can’t remember a series where all four Test matches were played until the last moment,” Gill mentioned.

“Three days is too little of a turnaround when both teams are playing such hard cricket”.

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