“It’s the most difficult thing I’ve experienced”
Former England wicker-keeper Ben Foakes said was dropped as Test wicket-keeper in a phone call that lasted only 10 seconds. In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, he recalled the horror of the moment. “I knew I was dropped already – just because of the way that lads were being pulled out of games,” Foakes recalls. “You don’t need a degree to work out that if you haven’t been told, you’ve been dropped. I knew it was coming. Then I got told I was dropped. And then ever since, no contact.” The 32-year-old played 26 Tests for England, the last one coming against in Dharamsala. A wicket-keeper in the classical mould with fine reflexes, his batting was more grit than flash, one of the reasons he did not quite fit into the Bazball era. The lack of explanation hurt him, “I was like ‘you don’t need to explain anything. I know what’s going on here.’ And then that’s it.” Story continues below this ad Devastated, it affected his motivation for the next few months. “When …
