Recently I was asked how a team, club or association can be more professional and build the standards and culture to be more successful.
In my opinion, irrespective of the standard or level of cricket or the purpose for which people play, everything starts at the selection table.
Suppose the selectors of a cricket team select the players they believe will act and perform in the team's best interest. In that case, the desired outcomes of professionalism and standards sort themselves out.
Problems start, fester and can cause untold issues when selectors bow to self-interest, agendas, politics, or anything other than selecting players on performance or outside the purpose of the team and its ambition.
