During the press conference on the day of opening the second test in Edgbaston, the Couturier of England became emotional while speaking of his late father, who died last May.In tribute to his late father, Chris Woakes has a tattoo on his left triceps. The design shows his father, Roger, seen from behind, wearing a flat cap and walking the hands behind his back. The image is surrounded by the initials and the dates of his father.“I had him in mind,” Woakes told journalists.“My father always wore a flat cap, and he was walking the border with his hands behind his back, looking at me nervously playing cricket.”“Certainly. He’s still in my mind, that’s for sure,” said the 36 -year -old. “There are times when I think of him. He loved his cricket, and he would have loved this week. ”
Woakes picked up two counters on the opening day in front of his crowd at home and could have obtained more without the referee’s call.When asked if he was a little emotional, he said, “Yes, I would say it. During a career, you do not get as many games in your place at home.“This is only my fourth. It’s not much. At the age I am, they don’t come too often. It’s a special week, and I have a lot of friends and family in the ground.“I have a love for the Warwickshire that goes deep. That’s all I have ever known. My whole professional career has been here. I was here before this stand is here.“I saw him change, and there are a lot of people behind the scenes who support you in good times and bad. It’s a special week to play Edgbaston, it’s really the east. ”