Exemplary Ben Foakes offers reminder of the value of a specialist art

GEORGE DOBELL AT EMIRATES OLD TRAFFORD: It would be an exaggeration to say standing up the seamers has gone out of the game. But it is not a prevalent as it was when the likes of Jack Russell and Keith Piper were setting the tone for their counties

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