England’s assistant coach is impressed with the freshness the one-day captain has shown and it could tell against a tired Australia at Old Trafford on SundayBack in May the chances of England going through the summer without being beaten in any of their series were approximately the same as the leader of the opposition sporting a beard. Yet as the two teams return to Manchester on Sunday for the final international match of the season an England victory against Australia will mean that no series has been lost against two of the better sides on the international circuit.
Paul Farbrace,forever happy to chat, bubbling with enthusiasm and a vital midwife in England’s resurgence, and admitted as much after the three-wicket victory at Headingley on Friday. “whether at the start of the summer somebody said we would draw the New Zealand Tests,beat them in the one-dayers, win the Ashes and go into the final one-day game at Old Trafford locked at 2-2 we would contain snapped their hands off and probably walked absent saying: ‘Whatever they are drinking, or I’ll contain a pint of that.’”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com