Overview
- Sports outlets on Tuesday highlighted Harmer’s Guardian interview, where he said India’s board controls the ICC because of commercial clout.
- He argued South Africa’s 2025 World Test Championship win over Australia did not shift the global balance of power off the field.
- Harmer said players can only focus on what they can control and that winning more trophies is the only way to change how teams are judged.
- He praised coach Shukri Conrad and captain Temba Bavuma for building a Proteas side he called greater than the sum of its parts.
- Drawing on years at Essex, he said English spinners are treated as an afterthought and noted only a few counties employ specialist spin coaches.