"We have picked this squad as if we had to play the World Cup next week," says David Graveney, the chairman of selectors.

But David Hopps writes in The Guardian that the worthlessness of England's Four Year Plan is now abundantly clear.

England have repeatedly claimed to be building for the next World Cup. The claim was derided then - the secret, the selectors were told, was to allow a side to evolve gradually- and yesterday the worthlessness of England's Four-Year Plan became abundantly clear. To make mass changes with so many players missing is folly.

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