Michael Vaughan hails Chris Woakes for an extraordinary- Previous Britain captain Michael Vaughan has adulated all-rounder Chris Woakes for his shocking bowling on Day 1 of the fourth Cinders Test in Manchester on Wednesday, July 19.
Falling off an amazing all over appearance in the third Test at Headingley, the 34-year-old quickly hit his lashes on the first day of the season at Old Trafford. Woakes got the urgent wickets of David Warner, Cameron Green, Mitchell Swamp, and Alex Carey to hold Australia under wraps.
Addressing Cricbuzz at the end of play on Day 1, Vaughan conceded that the hosts could lament not picking him in the initial two Tests.
“Will Britain lament the way that they didn’t pick him at Masters? We’ll need to keep a watch out throughout the following two or three weeks. He’s an unnoticed player,” he said. “At Headingley, everything really revolved around Imprint Wood since he bowled at 96.5 MPH.”
Vaughan further respected Woakes’ capacity to create wicket-taking conveyances in any event, when there isn’t a lot of swing on offer.
“However at that point when it doesn’t swing, he begins wobbling the crease and starts nipping it one way or the other. Dynamite expertise level yet additionally that zip and help through to Bairstow was awesome. He has 10 wickets at 19 since he came into the Remains series,” he added.
Notwithstanding passing on the initial two games, Woakes is Britain’s second-driving wicket-taker in the series behind Stuart Wide. The misjudged bowling all-rounder has 10 wickets at a fantastic normal of 19.30.
Woakes’ forward leaps at normal stretches kept Australia from taking off with the game as they finished Day 1 on 299-8 of every 83 overs.