The last time Gareth Batty played a Test match before the ongoing first five-dayer against Bangladesh was back in 2005 at Chester-le-street. It goes without saying that it has been a long wait for the off-spinner to return to the England side. And following the end of the second day’s play on Friday at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, the Yorkshire cricketer seemed over the moon as he informed that it’s an amazing feeling to don the England jersey after 11 long years. And to get the big wicket of Tamim who was playing pretty well was amazing,” Batty told the media. It’s been a huge challenge for me to get better and better and hopefully I can contribute for my team,” Batty told the media.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 21, 2016 16:30 UTC