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Chris Woakes occasionally wanders into his study back home, simply to remind himself. Of the surges and shunts of that dramatic day at Lord’s, and the lengthier journey he went on with England’s first champion 50-over team.
Some people house them in glass-fronted cabinets, others mount them on the wall. But the World Cup winner’s medal Woakes received following that barest-of-margins success over New Zealand in 2019 simply hangs next to his computer in ‘his’ room, littered with memorabilia from a 16-year career, away from wife Amie and their two young daughters.
'I occasionally just go in and have a look at it. Not many people own them, do they? Even more so, as an Englishman,’ Woakes says.
England's Chris Woakes is focused on claiming a second World Cup medal in Australia
Memories of that never-ending Sunday in July were also at the heart of England’s forgotten man to undergo a knee operation two months ago, the motivation for which was to be part of attempts to double the haul of golds at this month’s Twenty20 equivalent.
‘The thought of lifting a trophy again is a bit like a drug, I suppose,’ he tells the Mail On Sunday.
‘The motivation was always there to get back and play whatever cricket I could, really, but the carrot of a World Cup was huge, and that effectively set my deadline. It was a case of either having the surgery then, or not at all.’
Such was the length of Woakes' injury lay-off that prior to this seven-match tour of Pakistan that will have its current 3-3 status unlocked at the Gadaffi Stadium later on Sunday, and the fast-forward pace of the summer of Baz that his previous competitive appearance under Joe Root’s captaincy in the Caribbean feels like a different era.
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