Chris Woakes      

A tall quick bowler with plenty of batting ability, Chris Woakes is a player with a bright future but has not made the most of his early opportunities in limited-overs matches for England. This has come as a surprise to those who have seen his strong performances for Warwickshire but many feel he is more suited to red ball cricket.

The statistics would appear to back that theory up and it was in a first-class match that Woakes made his Warwickshire debut, against West Indies A in 2006. Two seasons later he topped the county's bowling averages with 45 wickets at 20.48 and was soon being talked about as someone with the ability to push onto international cricket. The selectors were clearly taking note because he was named in England's 30-man preliminary squad for the World Twenty20 and the MCC team to take on Durham at the start of the 2009 season.

That summer he claimed 47 wickets at 33.53 and scored his maiden first-class century with 131 not out against Hampshire. He bettered that wickets tally a year later with 58 scalps at just 21.48 and was selected on the England Lions tour of West Indies. Woakes performed well, with 13 wickets at 25.69 and by January 2011, was deemed ready to take the next step and made his international debut in a Twenty20 in Adelaide. He kept his cool to hit the winning runs in a thrilling one-wicket victory and later in the tour took 6 for 45 in a one-day international at Brisbane. He played the following ODI in Sydney but 0 for 73 was a precursor of expensive spells to come.

Back in Britain, Woakes enjoyed another superb summer in first-class cricket with 56 wickets at 21.78 and 579 runs at 48.25 but it was with the white ball that he got another chance for England, playing the one-off ODI in Dublin but was made to wait another year for his next game for England. In 2012, Woakes's season was delayed by an ankle ligament injury that saw him miss the first six weeks of the season. On his return, he impressed the England selectors with 14 wickets at 22.42 in the Clydesdale Bank 40 and earned a call-up for England's ODI squad to play South Africa. Woakes was selected in the opening abandonment and the final rubber, where he bowled six overs taking 0 for 35.

He toured India after Christmas, again playing two of the five matches. A battering in the second ODI preceded a more respectable 1 for 45 in the fifth match. Woakes then played all three ODIs in New Zealand, proving expensive despite six wickets, as popular opinion began to turn against him. The doubters were proved right as Woakes bowled 13 wicketless overs across the first two fixtures in the return series at home against New Zealand, conceding 94 runs. He held on to his place in the squad for England's Champions Trophy campaign but didn't appear in any of the four matches.
ESPNcricinfo staff