Why are young English batsmen failing in Tests?

#2. Lack of exposure

During the grand home Test season of 2016, India handed debuts to several players. Karun Nair proved his mettle by slamming a triple-hundred. Jayant Yadav bowled decently but he scored a hundred as well and Kuldeep Yadav picked four wickets in his debut innings.

All these players were playing Test cricket for the first time, but they had behind them plenty of experience of playing days cricket during their stay in domestic cricket.

Apart from India's domestic tournaments, these players participated in several 'A' game that honed their skills and exposed them to diverse conditions.

Such luxury is unavailable for English cricketers.Their domestic set-up offers them limited practice while there are hardly any 'A' tours that help them in gaining exposure of days cricket.

This lack of exposure is seen in the abysmal performance of English batsmen in overseas tours. In India and Bangladesh in 2016, they were pulverized by the spinners while during the 2013/14 Ashes in Australia, England returned home after accepting a white-wash.