Weak Zimbabwe side against England is a sign that we need two divisions in test cricket, writes Nasser Hussain

If you take seclusion yesterday, this test is a complete mismatch. But am I surprised? No.

You feared that it would be so to see how Zimbabwe will lose last week against a professional County Club Select XI, a team consisting of young players who cannot get to their provincial party.

A day like this only serves to open the debate or Zimbabwe should even play this format.

Their former captain Alistair Campbell, who works for Sky here, is a realist and claims that they are better off on cricket and world cups with white ball.

This year they have 11 test competitions and he thinks they should have three less and spend the money that they save on improving their domestic structure.

Personally, I believe that every nation should get the chance to play test cricket and improve you by playing more cricket with red ball, no less. But maybe yesterday is a sign that we need two divisions in Testcricket.

Ollie Pope, Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett met for centuries against Zimbabwe on day one of the test

Day one showed that England is a stronger team when Crawley and Pope both shoot

Regardless of the quality of the opposition, nothing improves your mood, such as getting a score and feeling comfortable in the middle. That is what this will have done for Crawley and Pope

Yes, you would miss a number of great moments, as Sri Lanka defeated in the Oval last year, or West India defeated Australia in Brisbane. And be careful with what you want, because if England slipped and had a few few months, you will not get ashes series.

But in every game you want to feel that both parties get the chance to win and that you didn’t feel that way at Trent Bridge yesterday.

That is why I would be for two divisions, as long as it is not a closed store and teams get the chance to win promotion to the top division.

I want to see that Zimbabwe is again the great cricket -nation they were once and the only thing they learn here is how far they should go.

As far as England is concerned, at least the batters who need runs need some confidence.

Regardless of the quality of the opposition, nothing improves your mood more than getting a score and feeling comfortable again in the middle – and that is what this will have done for Zak Crawley and Ollie Pope.

It is sad to see how Zimbabwe has disappeared from the tough, streetwise side that I played against all those years ago, when they had top players such as Andy and Grant Flower, Campbell and Heath Streak.

A day like this serves to open the debate or Zimbabwe should play this format

I want to see Zimbabwe again as the big cricket -nation they were once, Hussain writes

How did that happen? Part of it is inflicted by political interference and financial issues, so that they were banned from test cricket for so many years.

But it is also the direction of traveling cricket and his finances, with the top sides holding all the money and power.

A huge wave is open between the Haves and Have-nots in World Cricket.

I am very happy that the ECB Zimbabwe has paid a tour of £ 150,000 to get here and I think more countries should do that. It would be very boring if it were only England, India and Australia who played each other in tests, and the other countries were only focused on cricket with white balls.

So the real question is not that this match would happen, but how did we let it come to this stage and do we really want something about it? If we do that, what will we do?

There is a lot of work to do, not only through Zimbabwe cricket, but also by the ICC.