The Yorkshire leg-spinner on an encounter with an England legend which set his professional career in motion. Interview by Sam Dalling
I remember November 9, 2022 as if it were yesterday.
England were playing the T20 World Cup in Australia and had a Test series in Pakistan coming up the following month. They’d asked for net bowlers at Loughborough for the likes of Ben Duckett and Joe Root and I put my hand up. I went every day, skipping a fair few lectures.
The previous day, I’d bowled to Joe briefly, but he also faced a lot of side-arm from the coaches so there was pl...
