“I feel I’m as close as I can be to full speed now,” Woakes told the Observer. If I can get plenty of overs under my belt then hopefully I’m in the frame for selection. His absence from the Test side has given Toby Roland-Jones the chance to stake a claim, with eight wickets on his debut. But injuries are part of being a fast bowler and you’re never going to just walk back into an England side. And I’m desperate to get a first win for Warwickshire this season because in red-ball cricket we haven’t fired yet.

Source: The Guardian August 05, 2017 13:38 UTC