With the opening sport of the World Cup – coincidentally, towards the identical opponents – three weeks away, England are taking a precautionary strategy with each gamers within the data that they’re the 2 hardest bowlers to switch of their provisional 15-man squad.
Requested if Wooden wanted to play on Friday to get some match apply earlier than the World Cup, Woakes stated: “A participant with Mark’s expertise can go straight in. He isn’t the form of man who wants a load of game-time.
“Myself, I like video games beneath my belt to construct up confidence and rise up to hurry. Truly, Mark is likely one of the guys I am very envious of, as a result of he can steam in and bowl at 93mph (150kph) as we noticed within the Ashes. I do not suppose it is an excessive amount of of a fear if he does not play on this sequence however hopefully he performs the final one [at Lord’s on Friday].”
Woakes himself took 3 for 31 in a single eight-over spell to finish Wednesday’s third ODI at The Oval as a contest, and stated he was getting used to the rhythms of 50-over cricket once more. “It was good to bowl an eight-over spell and choose up some essential wickets,” he stated.
Woakes was certainly one of eight ever-presents in England’s 2019 World Cup triumph, and stated he hopes to have the ability to function in all 9 of their group-stage video games in India over the following two months. “You need to preserve placing in performances like that to maintain getting the nod, selection-wise,” he stated.
“From a health viewpoint, these bilateral sequence are fairly tight and there is quite a lot of travelling. Though there’s quite a lot of journey on the World Cup, it seems like there’s extra space between video games so it does provide you with a bit extra of a routine to recuperate and are available again stronger and be match for the following sport.”
