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- Updated: May 13, 2016
It wasn’t quite a “Malcolm Devon” moment, when in 1989 Ted Dexter, then England’s chairman of selectors, got into a muddle over the fast bowler’s name, but there was some uncertainty as coach Trevor Bayliss met England’s latest pace bowler, Jake Ball, for the first time.
The England Test squad were amassing for fitness sessions at the national academy when, in the fairly unglamorous location of a Loughborough corridor, they greeted each other.
“I bumped into him in a corridor in my Notts gear and shook his hand and I don’t think he quite knew who I was,” he said. “I passed him, went up and got my England kit and he said ‘it’s Jake isn’t it?’ It wasn’t how I planned it to go but we then had a nice chat and he told me to carry on what I’m doing for Notts and see where it take you. I’m really looking forward to seeing how it goes.”
Earlier this week, Ball said it would be “unbelievable” to earn an England call-up – despite the hype that had built during the early rounds of Championship matches which meant it felt inevitable – and he admitted to being taken aback when James Whitaker gave him the news.
“I had just had a chocolate tart from the Lord’s lunch which I nearly chucked up over James Whitaker,” he said. “Words can’t describe the emotions I was going through. When I went back up to the dressing room all the lads knew what had been going on …
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