FOAKES
Matches ........ Runs ......... HS .............. Ave ....... SR ........ 100s ................ 50s .................. 4s .................. 6s .................... Catches ......... Stumpings .... Matches ..... 60 Runs ...... 3696 HS ......... 167no Ave ......... 37.51 SR ......... 55.33 100s ............... 6 50s ............... 19 4s .............. 429 6s ................. 23 Catches .... 157 Stumpings .... 9 the job and a great challenge. It has been an unbelievable tour and a brilliant series to be a part of. I don’t think many people expected a 3-0 result.”
Foakes will be England’s keeper in the Caribbean in the New Year and after watching a couple of chances dropped at slip he will set about trying to improve the partnership between him and Joe Root so that it becomes as natural as it does for Surrey.
And despite the minor blip he was full of praise for his skipper, who filled the team with a relentlessly positive message that worked wonders in a place England hadn’t won for 17 years.
“Joe goes for the positive approach which has worked pretty well here,” Foakes added. “He’s been awesome to play under and done a fantastic job, and is a very good catcher! It is something we’ll have to work on and knuckle down to sort out.”