By Charlie Talbot-Smith

BEN Foakes has begun the summer with a point to prove and he was the pick of the Surrey batsmen on the opening day of their title defence at The Oval against Essex.
The England wicketkeeper, unceremoniously dropped for the final Test against the West Indies despite his man-of-the-series efforts in Sri Lanka before Christmas, departed for 69 just before tea.
But with the battle for Ashes spots set to be on most people’s lips this early season, Foakes – who averages over 41 in his nascent Test career – fired an early warning shot after he was dropp...