Cricket: England Make Hay ; First Day: England Scored 407 in Their First Innings Against Australia
Birmingham Post › August 05, 2005
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Kwik Cricket was launched successfully at Test level yesterday when a capacity crowd of 20,000 revelled in a day's play that, both for its run-rate and boundary count, would have been over par in a one-day international.
When was the last time that ten sixes were hit on the first day? Add 54 fours, which meant the home batsmen did not have to run for two thirds of their final total of 407.See the full content of this document
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Cricket: England Make Hay ; First Day: England Scored 407 in Their First Innings Against Australia
Yet that total could and should have been higher, with five of the top six all getting in, and quite what it is worth will become clearer today because of various unusual batting-friendly conditions.
The outfield was slick and the normally short Edgbast...See the full content of this document
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