Will Macpherson examines the recent North v South series, and discusses its merits to unearth hidden talent for the England selectors

It’s likely that you know little of Andrew Strauss’ pet project, the inaugural North-South series. There was certainly no one in the ground. It was not on TV, or streamed. Only the third game was on radio.
And yet Strauss and his team left very happy with how things had gone. Strauss admitted he would have liked the series, which the South won 3-0 (sharing £50,000, while the North left penniless), to be a little closer, an...