Keeper Davies is eyeing life at top for England

By Charlie Bennett
ENGLAND are currently blessed with fine keepers but Alex Davies offers something different.
The Lancashire man has just finished his best season, hitting 916 first-class runs, including three centuries.
But, unlike most glovemen, his runs have come at the top of the order rather than the middle.
After a 2016 ruined by an injury that prompted Lancashire to sign Dane Vilas as cover, it was quite a comeback by Davies, now in Brisbane with the England Lions.
However, he is already planning to buck a longstanding trend, saying: “Keepers are stereotypically middle to lowe...

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