Will Jacks takes career-best 5 for 22 weeks after appendix surgery

Will Jacks took five for 22 on his return to England duty after emergency appendix surgery last month. The 27-year-old all-rounder also scored an unbeaten 46 as England beat Sri Lanka by 89 runs in the first ODI at Chester-le-Street.

Jacks said the operation left him short of core strength and that he bowled only five days before the preceding T20 series. He was given a four-week recovery period but returned early to captain the Lions and then played all three T20Is before the ODI.

His figures are the second-best by an England spinner in ODIs. Jacks has been named vice-captain for the Sri Lanka series in Jacob Bethell's absence and is now established as the side's middle-order finisher.