DEREK PRINGLE

Pace ace: Chris Woakes went for radical change rather than incremental improvements
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If top-level coaches were to put forward their idea of the perfect cricketer, not just in terms of performance but low maintenance as well, then Chris Woakes would be that player.
Doing as you are told has become a way of life for modern cricketers as coaches continue to rule the roost, and nobody seemed more acquiescent, initially, than Woakes.
From the outside, this made him seem like the teacher’s pet (you wouldn’t catch him in dive bars), which was ha...