Liam Dawson conjures one great moment on his big return to Test cricket | Simon Burnton

There is a pleasing air of certainty about England’s 35-year-old spinner – a quality Shubman Gill could only admire enviouslyLiam Dawson stood at his mark, ball cradled in his hands, forearms level to the ground, elbows splayed, sunglasses – completely unnecessarily – in place. There was nothing bright about the situation on this grey Mancunian afternoon except the 35-year-old’s immediate future. Eight years after his last opportunity, Test cricketer once more.Many players give umpires items of clothing to look after while they bowl; Dawson’s habit was to hand Ahsan Raza something to take care of while he didn’t. Those sunglasses were required only when he had the ball in his hands (and eventually, late into the last session, it became so dark he let Raza keep them). Batters seeking some kind of clue as to his thinking were certainly not going to learn anything from his eyes, not if he could help it. Continue reading...

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