
Turnaround: Jack Leach has gone from bit-part England player to undisputed first-choice spinner
(Picture: Getty Images)New Zealand has been both kind and cruel to Jack Leach. In 2018, it was where he made his England debut; in 2019, where he fell seriously ill.
“When I came back to this hotel, I was like, ‘ah, bad memories coming here’,” Leach said, speaking from the lobby of the same hotel where three years ago a routine case of food poisoning turned into sepsis.