Complex sentence: The teams involved were rarely fully representative, and the 48-day boat trip between Australia and England was one that many cricketers were not able or willing to undertake, so the Home teams usually enjoyed a great selection advantage.
Split into simpler sentences: The teams involved were rarely fully representative, and the 48-day boat trip between Australia and England was one that many cricketers were not able or willing to undertake. As such the Home teams usually enjoyed a great selection advantage.