Derek Pringle suggests that the play-without-fear credo does not work in a nuanced contest such as a Test match

After a bad game, at least from England’s perspective, comes the blame game – the finger-pointing exercise directed at any number of targets depending on one’s perspective.
So far, some have blamed the coach, Trevor Bayliss, for being overly fixated on white-ball cricket, while others have reproached county cricket for not providing a robust enough challenge to would-be internationals.
To my mind both of those seem wide of the mark. After all,...