Tom Hartley’s international debut at the summer’s fag-end came as rather unexpected. The spinner had been a late call-up to England’s squad for the ODI series against Ireland, then an even later one to the playing XI for the third match when seamer Luke Wood went down ill with tonsillitis.
“Motty [head coach Matthew Mott] called me at 8:30am,” he said. “I was walking to breakfast and his number came up - I had to take a double-glance because I thought it was a bit weird. He was like: ‘You’re playing today’. I just thought: ’S***’.
