Runs, not drinks, are on the menu for Balance

By Charlie Talbot-Smith

Missing in action: Gary Ballance will be desperate to get back in the runs for Yorkshire and England
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FOR THE last two winters, Gary Ballance has been little more than a glorified drinks dispenser.
England have been thumped in both India and Australia over consecutive Christmases but Ballance’s name has not been called. He has had to watch on from the sidelines as the likes of Ben Duckett, Jos Buttler, James Vince and Dawid Malan have all been given a shot in England’s middle-order.
He was recalled this past summer against South Af...

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