Kevin Pietersen has questioned whether England know where they are going, saying their focus on one-day cricket risks alienating fans who care more about Test success.
The past two years have seen a vast improvement for England in shorter formats, as the ODI Side is on top of the one-day international rankings. But England’s white-ball rise has been accompanied by a dip in their Test results, with Joe Root’s men going down to a 4-0 Ashes defeat in Australia before a 1-0 series reverse in New Zealand.
“I don’t know which direction they want to go in,” Pietersen said on Friday.
“We won a T20 World Cup, we won the Ashes home and away, we beat India in India a few years ago,” he added.
“England haven’t won a 50-over World Cup, I know that was the message a few years ago to do that and you can see they are driving towards that World Cup in England next summer, at the detriment of Test cricket. And I think it’s sad and frustrating for us as players who have played over 100 Test matches,” Pietersen explained.
“The public care a lot more about Test match cricket than they do about the shorter form of the game.
