England's stand-in Test captain Ollie Pope is hopeful Chris Woakes will fill the void left by Jimmy Anderson.
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00:00Firstly, obviously Jimmy did an amazing job when we were last out here. The way he bowled
00:08was phenomenal. The control that he provided us as a team and the skills with his reverse
00:12swing bowling were brilliant. And of course any side was going to miss Jimmy Anderson
00:17but at the same time we've obviously seen this summer that guys can step up and fill
00:21in. Again, he's one of those guys that firstly he can offer runs down the order but I think
00:26the skills that he's got, I know he's been chatting to the guys and been working really
00:30hard on how he can find a way of taking wickets with a kookaburra ball on some less responsive
00:37surfaces. And I think it kind of shows where he's at. He's still got that real hunger and
00:42desire to play a lot more test cricket. So I'm excited for him. It's great for us to
00:49have him on tour. He's a guy you always want in a New England team and like I said he's
00:53been working hard on his game to try and find different ways of taking wickets on different
00:58surfaces.