By Phil Walker
A yr in the past to the month, Chris Woakes sat again within the stands at The Oval, overlooking the scene of his Ashes heist, and thought of the state of play.
A chapter had closed, life was good. Some sense of vindication was within the air. Woakes doesn’t do bluster or, mercifully, false modesty, however nonetheless it was not possible to disregard the truth that he’d lastly left an actual, lasting mark on Take a look at cricket, and never as a personality actor however the primary man.
Known as up (submit knee harm) for the third Take a look at of that collection, Woakes and Mark Wooden had mixed to steal the summer season. After a nerveless han…
