19-07-2021 17:09 via theguardian.com

Matt Parkinson takes chance to make up for lost time with England

Leg- spinner went on winter tour but was uncappedParkinson to face Pakistan at Old Trafford on TuesdayMatt Parkinson endured some dark moments earlier this year when he was the sole England cricketer to undertake the entire three-month tour of Sri Lanka and India and earned zero caps for his troubles. But on Tuesday the effervescent Lancashire leg-spinner is poised to play a first international at his home ground of Old Trafford, with a Twenty20 series against Pakistan on the line and a chance t
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