“He’s been fortunate enough to captain England and held his head so high doing it through the hardest period through covid. He loves batting, loves being out there, loves the occasion, loves representing his country. He will be after 25,000 runs or something stupid, still playing when he’s 55. Probably got another 10 years in the game. It was an absolute pleasure to be out there with him.
As someone has known him for a really long time, been through thick and thin, ups and downs, been through lots of different things together. They way he manipulated the strike, the tempo of going up and down., sucking up pressure to then put pressure back on the opposition is a trait of his that a lot of people would like to have. It takes a lot of skill, a lot of endeavour and patience. To have played 130 Tests and average over 50, predominantly in England, is something that is absolutely fantastic and is a huge credit to him. “His performances have been so outstanding for such a long period of time,” he said. Jonny Bairstow, who shared a partnership of 121 with Joe Root to save England from 175 for four, was full of praise for his Yorkshire and England team-mate, who made his 30th Test hundred, but first in the Ashes since the Trent Bridge Test of 2015, 16 matches ago.
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