Hopefully, I’ve done that now.
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Finn must restate his case, having recorded his first wicketless Test for England on his home ground at Lord’s last month – with figures of none for 128.
“I like the way he (Vince) plays”. Edgbaston is favourable to pace bowlers, especially of the first day of Tests: among venues in any country that have hosted at least two Tests in the last ten years, an average of 24.35 for quicks on the first day is the best.
“You have good days and bad days, especially in cricket”. “I felt a bit like Matthew Hoggard at the end of his career when he slowed down a bit but his control was pretty good”.
“The thing about Gary Ballance is that he has an excellent temperament for Test match cricket and some of the likes of Alex Hales and James Vince could learn from him in that regard”.
“I didn’t even have a clue … I didn’t know I was under pressure”, he added.
“You obviously have doubts about yourself. but it’s awesome what six months can do for you”.
“I’ve got good mates in the team and I feel like I have fitted straight back in”.
He described the “Little Master” as the pride of Pakistan and told the press that Hanif is in their prayers.The thoughts of Hanif might as well inspire Pakistan.
Vince helped him out in a stand of 69 for the fourth wicket.
“It’s one area where you can say we are really unlucky and we want worldwide cricket back in Pakistan, just to help our youngsters and just to help cricket in Pakistan”.
That set the tone for the match, and with James Anderson back, as well as Chris Woakes firing with the ball they were never going to be challenged further into the match by the Pakistan side who crumpled.
He is confident England have put themselves in a fair position.
“So we’ve got to treat him with care – let’s get him back 100 per cent before we start talking of him playing again”.
“That’s just what we did”.
” If someone had gone on to get a big hundred 350 would have been better, but we’re in the game now”.
“It can really hurt your overall development as a cricketing nation (not playing at home)”, the 42-year-old veteran skipper explained.
“It wasn’t massive, but it just happened all day”. Yasir took 10 wickets at Lord’s but only managed one at Old Trafford.
He said: “You have to believe you will play worldwide cricket – and if you have the belief and keep practising, you can repeat those performances”.
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“I went with some trepidation but I was very well received and I think although they take it to heart at the time, when they think about it, we all get criticism in our jobs and I don’t think I’m too hard on them!”
