JOS: I CAN BE A MR TONDERFUL
Tremlett (right) knows just how precious an England cap is. The 2010-11 Ashes hero played just 12 Tests in an injury-ravaged career.
He had frequent periods of injury rehab before proving his worth time and again in county cricket, first for Hampshire and then Surrey.
Rashid, meanwhile, chose to turn his back on county cricket after being snubbed by England since taking 23 wickets in a series defeat by India in the winter of 2016.
Little wonder that Tremlett is concerned about the message Rashid’s recall sends to county cricketers.
“You do wonder about the value of county cricket,” he said. “Why do guys turn up day in and day out when these
Jim Holden JOS BUTTLER has a burning hunger to score the Test-match hundred that would confirm he is more than just a phenomenal powerhitter in one-day and T20 cricket.
The England ace hit 85 in his maiden innings and that remains his highest individual total in the five-day game.
While Buttler (right) has become perhaps the most-feared batsman in ODI cricket, he languishes down at No.61 in the world batting rankings for Tests. He knows that must change...and one-day guys are picking and choosing. You can’t do that when it comes to Test cricket. It’s a shambles to pick someone for a Test match who has already said that he only wants to play white-ball cricket.” that a century against a powerful India side – the series starts this week at Edbaston – would be a powerful statement.
“It’s the ultimate aim for me to get that hundred,” said Buttler (speaking at the launch of ‘The Test Experts’ Specsavers as official Test partner for England ahead of the first Test).
“I have good memories of my debut against India four years ago and I will use that to reinforce the good feeling of my return to Test cricket against Pakistan earlier this year.”