Baker set for England debut as Overton takes ‘indefinite break’ from red-ball cricket

Hampshire quick bowler to face South Africa in first ODI

Jamie Overton can ‘no longer commit fully to all formats’

As attention returns to international cricket after the completion of the Hundred, on a chill, windswept day at Headingley there was further evidence of the increasingly red-hot reputation of Sonny Baker, whose continued emergence as a bowler with potential Ashes ambitions coincided with Jamie Overton’s decision to surrender his own by announcing an indefinite break from the first-class game.

The 22-year-old Baker will make his senior international debut on Tuesday in the first one-day international against South Africa, opening the bowling alongside the returning Jofra Archer, knowing that positive performances in this series could sway selectors who are already seriously considering him as a seam bowling option for the Ashes after a breakout summer for Hampshire and Manchester Originals.