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Number crunchers: Chris Woakes’ record for England at home stacks up against even that of James Anderson and Stuart Broad
Is Chris Woakes unlucky to be playing in the era in which he finds himself?
Sky commentator, Rob Key, certainly thinks so, saying the other day, as Woakes cut a swathe through Sri Lanka’s 50-over batting, that he would have been one of England’s greatest pace bowlers had his career not coincided with those of James Anderson and Stuart Broad.
Key was talking Test cricket with red balls rather than the shorter formats using w...