wicketkeeper-batsman Sam Billings He said that he is ‘100% ready’ to make his Test debut if he is cleared for the final Ashes Test against Australia. hobart After being brought into the England team as cover for the injured joss butler And Jonny Bairstow.
Billings, 30, was recently in action for Sydney Thunder in the Big Bash League Twenty20 competition, and is due to play in the T20I series against England West Indies After the Ashes series is over.
Australia have already retained the urn by winning the first three Ashes Tests. The fifth and final match will be played from January 14-18 at Bellerive Oval in Hobart.
fourth test in Sydney was drawn.
“I am 100% ready if necessary and I will give everything I can,” Billings told reporters on Monday. “My game is in good shape. It has been for Kent in the longer format for the last three years.
“I am constantly playing cricket and scoring runs. It doesn’t matter what format it is in, it is more about rhythm, confidence and mindset.
“Like any side, I’ll try to make a positive impact on and off the field, whatever environment I’m in.”
Buttler, who returned to England ahead of the fifth Test, injured his left index finger, while Bairstow scored a century battling pain after sustaining a thumb injury. Pat Cummins,
Billings praises Butler, Bairstow and Ben Stokes For his desire to play in the fourth Test with an injury.
Billings said, “Three players who came out to bat in Sydney with an injury, it is incredible courage.”
“That’s what English cricket is all about – playing for each other and that flexibility. As a group we can draw a lot of inspiration from him, that character and the over-my-dead-body attitude.”
Billings, 30, was recently in action for Sydney Thunder in the Big Bash League Twenty20 competition, and is due to play in the T20I series against England West Indies After the Ashes series is over.
Australia have already retained the urn by winning the first three Ashes Tests. The fifth and final match will be played from January 14-18 at Bellerive Oval in Hobart.
fourth test in Sydney was drawn.
“I am 100% ready if necessary and I will give everything I can,” Billings told reporters on Monday. “My game is in good shape. It has been for Kent in the longer format for the last three years.
“I am constantly playing cricket and scoring runs. It doesn’t matter what format it is in, it is more about rhythm, confidence and mindset.
“Like any side, I’ll try to make a positive impact on and off the field, whatever environment I’m in.”
Buttler, who returned to England ahead of the fifth Test, injured his left index finger, while Bairstow scored a century battling pain after sustaining a thumb injury. Pat Cummins,
Billings praises Butler, Bairstow and Ben Stokes For his desire to play in the fourth Test with an injury.
Billings said, “Three players who came out to bat in Sydney with an injury, it is incredible courage.”
“That’s what English cricket is all about – playing for each other and that flexibility. As a group we can draw a lot of inspiration from him, that character and the over-my-dead-body attitude.”
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