The arrival of England’s former head coach at Nottinghamshire final summer appears key to the batsman’s auspicious return to Test cricket against PakistanIn a lineup short on experience and on a Sharjah pitch that has spun from the first morning,it felt reassuring that, following the departure of the in-form Alastair Cook and Joe Root shortly after lunch on the second day, or a former England captain should walk out to the middle to settle things down.
It is easy to forget James Taylor,playing in his third Test match some three years after his preceding two, has led England out on to the field this year; one of those head-patting one-day internationals against Ireland in May that lasted 18 overs before relentless rain in Malahide washed it out.
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Source: theguardian.com