Having averaged almost 39 since Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum took charge of England’s men’s Test team, Ben Foakes’ recent form is not the kind that would usually have a player fretting over his place in the side. And so, despite obvious pressure on his position pending the imminent return of Jonny Bairstow, he has made a firm decision not to.
“Essentially there’s just no benefit from me concerning myself with that,” says Foakes, of the possibility that, through little fault of his own, he could be watching from the sidelines when the Ashes begin at Edgbaston on June 16. “I think the easiest way I’ve found to deal with it is not dealing with it – just not worrying about it.
