By Phil Walker
An England debut and the first of many international wickets caps a spectacular year for Gus Atkinson. Named in both white-ball squads for September’s games and with a World Cup berth in the bag, the Chelsea-born right-armer has become the hottest fast-bowling property in the English game.
In the second T20I against New Zealand on Friday night, the Old Trafford crowd got to see what all the fuss is about. Atkinson regularly breached the 90mph mark in a thrilling opening spell before returning to clean up the final three wickets inside one over, his four wickets for 20 in just ...