England vs India: Liam Dawson thought alternative to play Check cricket once more was gone earlier than first wicket in eight years

It solely took Liam Dawson seven balls into his Check return to select up his first wicket in eight years, a chance he believed wouldn’t come.

The 35-year-old left-arm spinner admitted he thought his hopes of an England recall had vanished earlier than Shoaib Bashir’s Check summer season was ended by a finger harm sustained within the third Check win at Lord’s.

Dawson claimed figures of 1-45 from 15 overs, having Yashasvi Jaiswal caught at slip for his first Check wicket in 2,929 days since dismissing South Africa legend Hashim Amla at Trent Bridge in July 2017.

“I’ve said to a few people that the age I’m at, I thought Test cricket was gone,” Dawson stated. “To be back involved is really cool, and I’ve got to try and enjoy each day that I get.

“I do really feel I am a greater bowler than I used to be just a few years in the past. I used to be nervous. I hadn’t performed for plenty of years. The most important factor for me is that I understood what to anticipate, whereas earlier than, I did not.

“Hopefully, I will get a pair extra. It is one wicket, I’ve completed nothing particular.

“You deal with the nerves a little bit better the older you get. It was good fun out there today, and we’ve got another big day tomorrow.”

The Hampshire all-rounder is acquainted with quite a lot of the gamers within the present England set-up and stated easing into the setting was easy.

“I know a lot of the lads, so coming in was fine, the buzz of the Test matches is very different from domestic cricket,” Dawson added.

“It’s a very relaxed environment. I was told to just be me and do what I’ve done in red-ball cricket. Just trying to do a job for the team.”

Dawson was additionally in command of the fields he needed to set in opposition to the India gamers and revealed he had spoken to England captain Ben Stokes throughout coaching about his plans in addition to England’s spin-bowling coach, Jeetan Patel.

“I had a chat with him a couple of days out training, and he said to just try and be clever in how I use them.

“I used to be making an attempt to do what I’ve completed the final three or 4 years in home cricket and convey that into this.

“You always need someone [a coach] to talk to, but I’m at the age where I’m not going to massively change my game, I’ve got to keep it very simple.

“However it’s good to talk to Jeets (Jeetan Patel) and throw just a few concepts round, however from a technical level there’s most likely not a lot I can change on the age I am at now.”

Atherton: Dawson deserves England call-up

Sky Sports activities Cricket’s Michael Atherton believes that Dawson “deserves” his England call-up, with him being a constant performer for Hampshire. In addition to 21 wickets within the County Championship up to now this season, he additionally supplies extra batting firepower down the order with a strike fee of 42.

“He adds some batting depth and has lots of wisdom and knowledge with his left-arm spin,” Atherton stated.

“Sometimes the criticism of this England team is that it’s harder to get into the team than it is to get out of the team.

“You don’t need a sense the place gamers on the surface really feel that they can not get in, and gamers on the within really feel like they aren’t going to get dropped.

“There needs to be a balance; you need to have some level of security there, and that’s a fine balance to get.”

Watch day two of the fourth Check between England and India at Outdated Trafford, dwell on Sky Sports activities Cricket and Sky Sports activities Foremost Occasion from 10.15am, Thursday (11am first ball), or stream with out a contract.

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