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Durham's glove man ready for England shootout

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Published date05 April 2024
Publication titleEvening Chronicle
With Ben Foakes yet to match imperious glovework with consistent runs and Jonny Bairstow potentially at a career crossroads following a lean tour of India, there are a number of contenders eager to push to the front of the queue

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Foakes' Surrey team-mate Jamie Smith has no shortage of admirers, Somerset's James Rew enjoyed a superb breakout season in 2023 and white-ball regular Phil Salt is keen to make the move across formats.

But there is also a compelling candidate at Chester-le-Street. Robinson was outstanding as Durham stormed to the Division Two title last season, scoring three centuries and 931 runs at a strike-rate of 88.66 to mark himself out as a 'Bazball' natural. In the field he contributed 37 catches and 10 stumpings. That won him a place on England Lions' winter series against India A, and the 25-year-old is not shying away from the possibility of a swift promotion ahead of Durham's topflight return against Hampshire today.

like the up show not that It might about who "You see articles all the time, the best Robinson people putting stuff online, and it sounds like the media think there's going to be changes with England," he told the PA news agency.

"Whether it's me or someone else, who knows, but that's an exciting place to be at the start of the season. It's a bit of a shootout in a way.

"Things like the Lions call-up show you you're not that far away. It might just be about who starts the best.

"That's not me putting pressure on myself but it is an exciting opportunity to really put your name in the hat if something was to happen and changes...

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