Gary insists he has found the right Ballance

www.yorkpress.co.uk/sport/13600891.Yorks..._the_right_Ballance/

I really hope he can work on his footwork and technique to force his way back into the England team. He might not be the most aesthetically pleasing batsman to watch, but he is a real fighter. I still think he can consider himself slightly unlucky to have been dropped from the team. Had Lyth and/or Bell not also struggled mightily, I think he probably would have remained in the team, but when three out of the top 4 were continually getting out for nowt, changes needed to be made.

He has gone away and scored runs for Yorkshire (average of 47.40 in 7 county championship matches) although as we all know, there is a world of difference between first-class cricket and Test cricket.

In his 15 Test matches to date, Ballance has scored 1194 runs. To put this into context, the only batsman to have scored more runs in 15 matches or fewer is Trinidad's own Charlie Davis, and no batsman has more scores of 50+.