A SLAM DUNK

Brighton defender Lewis pushing hard for an England recall after outperforming his big Prem rivals

- JOHN CROSS

LEWIS DUNK has played his way back into the England reckoning after outperforming his Premier League rivals. 

At 31, the Brighton centrehalf is pushing hard to be in Gareth Southgate’s squad for the end-of-season Euro qualifiers against Malta and North Macedonia. And he is doing it with better-passing stats than Ben White, Kyle Walker and Harry Maguire.

The only England centre-half with better passing accuracy is Manchester City’s John Stones, with a staggering 93.32 percent. Dunk, whose accuracy is 90.4 percent, also outperforms his rivals on long passes, progressive passes and switching play.