Alex Lees has bounced back from becoming the first player in England's 'Bazball' era to be dropped by fully embracing the approach to smash a 94-ball hundred in his first innings since being axed.
Lees featured in the first seven Tests under Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum and scored 327 runs at an average of 25.15, before missing out on a central contract and then getting dropped for the tour of Pakistan in December.
The decision was perhaps a touch harsh, particularly given England stuck with his opening partner Zak Crawley who scored 276 runs at 23.00 across those same seven Tests and then cashed in with a century on a flat Rawalpindi pitch against Pakistan.
