Former England batter Mark Ramprakash has joined a chorus of past players urging England’s top brass to bring “deep thinker” Andy Flower back into the men’s white-ball set-up following the departure of Matthew Mott.
The quality of the opposition wasn’t the highest by any means, but there was a maturity in the way England went about their business in their 3-0 whitewash of the West Indies.
Ben Stokes’ England secured an impressive 3-0 whitewash of the West Indies in their recent series – here we rate all the players from both teams out of 10.
Darren Stevens discusses the role of a captain – and feels Harry Brook has what it takes, but says England need to give him some time to get more experience.
After slipping to 54-5 on the morning of day two at Edgbaston, England were staring down the barrel at a sizeable first-innings deficit against a jubilant West Indies.
That’s the thing about Joe Root, you barely notice him, and then you look up at the scoreboard to see he’s 33 years old and an elder statesman of the world game.