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.
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.
At 115-5 on day one of the Edgbaston Test, having won the toss and elected to bat first on a placid surface, the West Indies threatened to be blown away as they had been five days earlier in Nottingham.
DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle England have just two more T20 matches against Pakistan, following Saturday’s pipe-opener at Edgbaston, before they mount […]