England’s pace attack is an all-Durham affair, with Potts lining up alongside Brydon Carse, who impressed on debut. Stokes was relishing his first England appearance since July but admitted he would exert some caution over his bowling loads. “I’ve worked really hard at the back end of my rehab period at home and throughout the last Test match as well. I’ve put myself through a fitness test over the last couple of days and come through that pretty well. “I’m not slowly eking all of the Durham team in, don’t worry worry about that!” he joked.

Source: Express October 14, 2024 08:09 UTC