Whistle-stop tour starts with home return for graduate Vince

By Richard Edwards

Familiar ground: James Vince

JAMES VINCE will enjoy something of a homecoming when England touch down in Perth for the opening leg of their Ashes tour early next month.
It was here, at Melville Cricket Club, just outside Freemantle, that a 17-yearold Vince arrived a decade ago.
Spending his weeks at the Paul Terry Cricket Academy and his weekends playing mostly Second Grade cricket for one of Perth’s most respected club sides, Vince developed the kind of game that the England selectors hope will help him flourish Down Under this winter.
Melville has previous when...

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