Gus Atkinson on England radar for New Zealand T20Is
Gus Atkinson, the Surrey quick bowler, is in rivalry to win his first call-up to an England squad and will make his worldwide debut within the four-match T20I sequence towards New Zealand which begins later this month.
He was scooped for six by Buttler early on and later bowled him a beamer that had him ducking for canopy. But Atkinson beat Buttler for tempo with a 94mph, hard-length ball off the following free hit, after which beat him twice extra with an offcutter and an 87mph bouncer.
Atkinson completed with figures of two for twenty-four from his 19 balls, and Buttler was seen having an extended dialog with Azhar Mahmood, Invincibles’ bowling coach, after the sport. Mahmood has labored intently with Atkinson at Surrey over the past two years, in addition to in franchise cricket at Islamabad United and Desert Vipers.
He has bowled with good tempo all through the summer time, and Invincibles’ batters collectively determined to cease dealing with Atkinson within the nets after he struck Will Jacks on the elbow final week. Jacks was despatched for a scan – which cleared him of any lasting injury – forward of their tie towards Welsh Fire on Sunday night time.
Atkinson took 13 wickets at 29.15 as Surrey reached the semi-finals of the T20 Blast, conceding 8.77 runs per over, and has taken mixed figures of 6 for 72 in 54 balls throughout his first three appearances of the Hundred season.
England are anticipated to be lacking a minimum of two of their high-pace choices for his or her T20I sequence towards New Zealand, which takes place from August 30 to September 5, with Jofra Archer (again) and Olly Stone (hamstring) unlikely to be match.
They will play seven ODIs in September – 4 towards New Zealand, three towards Ireland – earlier than flying to India for his or her official World Cup warm-up fixtures instantly after their closing sport towards Ireland. With 4 video games in seven days and a serious event looming, they’re prone to rotate their bowlers via the T20I sequence.
Even if Atkinson misses out on choice for the upcoming squads, he’s extremely prone to tour the Caribbean in December. England are as a result of play three ODIs and 5 T20Is towards West Indies and can relaxation most of their first-choice seamers after the World Cup.