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Woakes shines as England restrict CA XI to 249/6 in tour tie
Townsville, Nov 15 (IANS) Pacer Chris Woakes snared six wickets to give England the upper hand in the final Ashes warm-up tie against a Cricket Australia XI, who were restricted to 249/9 on the opening day of the four-dayer here.
Fresh from a four-wicket haul in the second innings of the previous day-night tour game at Adelaide, the Warwickshire seamer ripped through the CA XI top order on Wednesday.
Craig Overton chipped in with two wickets while pace spearhead Stuart Broad took one as England found themselves in a comfortable position in the run-up to the first Ashes Test in Brisbane from November 23.
Earlier, CA XI captain Matthew Short elected to bat after winning the toss but were soon reduced to 154/5 as Woakes made life difficult for the top order.
In the afternoon session, England survived a scare when a ball struck stumper Jonny Bairstow’s middle finger, but the wicketkeeper returned to action after being strapped up.
England cannot afford to lose another player after pacer Steven Finn was forced to return home with a knee injury while fellow paceman Jake Ball is also nursing an ankle injury. Veteran pacer James Anderson is also ill and is out of the ongoing tie while spinning all-rounder Moeen Ali is just back to competitive cricket after recovering from a side strain.
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The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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