In October Alex Lees became the first casualty of England's 'Bazball' era when he missed out on a central contract and was subsequently dropped for the tour of Pakistan.
Lees had featured in all seven Tests under Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum up until that point and, although he admits should have made more of some of his promising starts, he feels his runs "probably didn't reflect the impact I did have in some games".
His axing came just one Test after Managing Director of England Men's Cricket Rob Key insisted the incumbent openers would be given a "proper go" and Lees ended the summer with 327 runs at an average of 25.15 across seven Tests while opening partner Zak Crawley, who was handed a central contract, made 276 at 23.00.
