STONE CAN PASS BIG TEST
OLLY STONE is driven to resume his Test career and get a first taste of Ashes cricket next year.
The England pace ace, 29, has had multiple injury issues and the latest of four stress fractures in his back prompted surgery last year to fit a metal screw designed to strengthen his spine.
His luckless run continued when he broke a finger in July, but Stone, who is about to go to the Abu Dhabi T10 to play for Chennai Braves, has discussed a Test return with England captain Ben Stokes and hopes to be selected for the trip to New Zealand in February.
“I want to play Test cricket, I’ve still got that hunger,” he said. “One of the reasons I went down the surgical route was to hopefully withstand the amount of cricket and demands on my body.”