Woakes assured he can repeat workhouse feat in gruelling Cricket World Cup schedule
C
hris Woakes has set his sights on carrying his excellent summer season type into what could possibly be a well-known autumn as he targets one other ever-present run throughout England’s Cricket World Cup defence.
Woakes, who was England’s participant of the sequence throughout the 2-2 Ashes draw with Australia, is making ready to steer the assault as Jos Buttler’s aspect search to grow to be back-to-back world champions in India from the beginning of subsequent month.
The seamer was a key a part of the 2019 World Cup triumph, taking 16 wickets and that includes in every of England’s 11 video games throughout the course of the event, however whether or not that’s doable this time round stays to be seen.
The 34-year-old has endured a number of extended spells out via damage within the 4 years since and England have packed their provisional squad with six seamers in anticipation of a heavy workload throughout 9 group matches that can be performed in eight completely different cities. Woakes, nevertheless, believes his physique is as much as repeating the feat.
“I hope so,” Woakes stated, after taking three wickets in a sensational new-ball spell as England hammered New Zealand by 181 runs in last night’s Third ODI. “You want to keep putting in performances like that to keep getting the nod, selection wise.
“From a fitness point of view, these bilateral series are quite tight and there’s a lot of travelling. Although there’s a lot of travel at the World Cup, it looks like there’s more space between games so it does give you a bit more of a routine to recover and come back stronger and be fit for the next game so yeah, hopefully I can stay fit.
“You have a strong squad to try and rotate at times but also in a World Cup, you try and get your best eleven out there as much as you can.”
On an historic afternoon on the Oval, Ben Stokes set a brand new file for the best ODI rating ever by an England batter, the all-rounder hammering 182 from simply 124 balls to surpass Jason Roy’s mark of 180, set in opposition to Australia in 2018.
Stokes retired from 50-over cricket final summer season citing an unmanageable workload after taking over the Test captaincy, however reversed that call final month and has taken no time in any respect in getting on top of things within the format.
“It’s great for the group and obviously, brilliant for Ben,” Woakes added. “We obviously see Ben as this superhuman that can do incredible things.
“He’s an unbelievable cricketer but coming back into the team having retired, it will do his confidence a world of good.
“Coming back into the team is probably a refreshing feeling for him, without the captaincy on his shoulders. To run the England Test team is a tough job. He’s probably seen this as a breath of fresh air to play his natural game and be his natural person, which he always does.
“This group of players who have been around this team for a long time, always feel comfortable when we come back together.”