There has been a sense of renewal about England this week in the build up to Thursday’s first Test against Pakistan at Lord’s. Joe Root has laid down the law on how he wants his team to train and prepare for matches, injecting a new level of discipline after a winter in which England lost six out of seven Tests and were dogged by stories of off-field boozing. Dominic Bess will become England’s youngest spinner for 87 years when he is handed his cap and has said he wants to attack like Graeme Swann, a confidence that was not heard from Moeen Ali and Liam Dawson, the two spinners who played at Lord’s this time last year. Jos Buttler will be unleashed at No 7 with orders to play his freestyle batting that makes him England’s closest equivalent to AB de Villiers, just as that true great of the game retires from international cricket. Jonny Bairstow has been installed at No 5, a show of faith in his superman abilities to combine keeping with a place in the top order, while Ben Stokes is back and free of injury for the first time since he returned to playing cricket for… Read full this story
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