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Lancashire’s James Anderson weighs in on injury substitutes debate

James Anderson has said the County Championship injury regulations, being trialled this season and allowing replacements for injury, illness and significant life events, are “nonsensical”.
Derbyshire’s Anuj Dal is injured, requiring an injury replacement

James Anderson has said the County Championship injury regulations, being trialled this season and allowing replacements for injury, illness and significant life events, are “nonsensical”.
Lancashire have on two occasions found themselves confused by decisions surrounding replacements, with all players coming in having to be sanctioned by the match referee.
Against Gloucestershire, Tom Bailey was said to be too experienced to be a like-for-like for Ajeet Singh Dale, with Ollie Sutton therefore drafted in from a second XI fixture and then in the very next game left-arm spinner Tom Hartley was ...

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