Ben Foakes found his omission from the Ashes ‘difficult’ but returned in Hyderabad to make an under-stated but important contribution to England’s historic first Test victory. ‘I found missing the Ashes difficult,’ said Foakes before England moved on to Visakhapatnam for Friday’s second Test. Wicketkeeper Ben Foakes is determined to enjoy his latest Test return for England‘It wasn’t as if I was shocked or anything like that because my England career has been in and out but the thing I find most difficult is cracking on with what I’m doing. ‘I think as a keeper your job is to make a batter uncomfortable,’ said Foakes. So I think our lads have a game-plan that would do well on the sort of pitches we faced last time too.’

Source: Daily Mail January 31, 2024 01:45 UTC