LORD’S — What England would have given for someone batting like Jordan Cox did here during the opening Ashes Test at Perth last November.
If someone, anyone, then had shown the application he displayed on the opening day of this second Test against Pakistan at Lord’s, maybe the series in Australia would have been different.
Obviously, it’s a huge if. Australia with a rampaging Mitchell Starc are a completely different proposition to this Pakistan attack.
Yet Cox’s runs that held together the hosts’ first innings were tough and ground out over a prolonged period in conditions that might have blown away previous iterations of this England team.
Cox had to show different gears in challenging Lord’s conditions (Photo: Getty)
