James Vince is determined to take his “second chance” of a Test career by making a name for himself in this winter’s Ashes. Vince, pencilled in as England’s No 3 in Australia unless Joe Root thinks again about his own promotion up the order, mustered an average of just 19.27 in seven home Tests before he was dropped last year. He admitted to an element of surprise to be chosen again for the highest-profile tour of all, to try to fill one of England’s problem positions. But in the intervening month, the 26-year-old has got his head round the mission and when he became the first of Root’s squad to hold a press conference, after the captain’s statement of intent on arrival in Perth on…

Source: The Times October 31, 2017 08:59 UTC