Andrew Strauss launches performance review program

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has a lot to look after, including international cricket assignments, county cricket structuring, managing The Hundred, and other domestic games.

Former skipper Andrew Strauss has proposed a performance review mission that will aim to make England the best in the world in the coming five years. This panel will also consist of ECB's director of men's cricket Robert Key.

According to cricket.com, Strauss said, "We want to set an ambitious and clear goal - to become the best in the world at all formats of the men's game within the next five years."

"We're prepared to question everything we're currently doing and ask, 'is there a better way of doing it?' So I make no apology for wanting to be bold. This includes looking outwards to see what we can learn from other sports. A wide range of experts gives us their insight as part of this," he added.

Strauss was ECB's director of cricket from 2015 to 2018, which saw England rethink their approach to white-ball cricket and led them to lift the ICC World Cup in 2019 at home under Eoin Morgan.

The Ashes-winning captain also explained his purpose for coming up with this mission.

"I read a lot of speculation about the domestic competition structure. Of course, this is an important part of the picture, but it's not the only part. The review is designed to look at the high-performance system in its entirety, including the England men's pathway and our high-performance set-up," the 45-year-old concluded.

England are ranked second in both ODI and T20I cricket, while are in the sixth position in the Test rankings. In the ongoing ICC Test Championship cycle, England languishes at the bottom of the table with 18 points.

Strauss is eyeing a September voting deadline, giving counties and England ample time to prepare for any changes that might crop up heading into the 2023 window.