WHAT KNOCK?

Cox shrugs off knee scare during smashing comeback

- BY RORY DOLLARD

JORDAN COX admits he "really struggled" to cope with the injury blow that ruined his chance of a Test debut with England.

But that left him all the more determined to ensure his whiteball comeback did not go the same way after a knee scare.

Cox ended 10 months away from the international stage with a fiery knock of 55 as England defeated Ireland by six wickets in Malahide to take their T20 series 2-0.

The 24-year-old had been inked in for the three-match Test series against New Zealand last December, only for his big moment to be dashed when he broke his thumb in the nets.