Gus Atkinson declared his belief that he has “so much natural ability with the bat” after he scored his maiden first-class century and only the second of his career in all formats – after an effort for Surrey’s second XI in 2018 – to help England to take control of the second Test against Sri Lanka at Lord’s.
Atkinson has the lowest batting average of the 20 players to have represented Surrey in this year’s County Championship, with 6.71 after eight innings, but averaged 40 and 50.25 in the past two seasons and believes that he has the potential to excel with the bat for England.
