Schedule debate set to come into focus as consensus grows around need for change

NICK FRIEND: Miles Hammond, the Gloucestershire batter, recorded a video diary last summer to highlight the absurdity of his county's calendar, and he has called for "enough cricket for it to be able to be elite performance" in any upcoming changes

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