Liam Dawson’s call-up for Old Trafford gives county cricket’s rank and file plenty of reasons to be cheerful, writes Phil Walker
In the sweaty, jubilant aftermath of another wild match of the kind that Stokes’ England have made their signature, plenty of words were offered for Shoaib Bashir – not just about his bravery to field on that final day at Lord’s with a broken finger, but for the rousing fact that after a testing few weeks and an increasingly vocal trial by media, it should be him who stepped up to take the winning wicket.
The England captain is fiercely protective of his 21-year-o...
