By Richard Edwards

JACK Leach says India’s Rishabh Pant has encour- aged him to become more expansive with the bat.Leach has become synonymous with survival since he made his England bow back in March 2018 with, arguably, his greatest moment being as wingman in the Ben Stokes-led ‘Miracle of Headingly’ a year later.But having witnessed Pant depositing the ball to all corners of India during the Test series this winter, Leach showed a well-hidden side to his batting in a losing cause in Ahmedabad, smashing Axar Patel over long-on for six after England’s top ...