Cricket: Giles Is 30-Year Best for England ; England Defeated the West Indies by 210 Runs
Birmingham Post › July 27, 2004
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Ashley Giles made all sorts of history at Lord's yesterday. His match analysis of 75.4 -14-210-9 was the springboard for an England win against the West Indies with 44 overs to spare.
His man-of-the-match award came after his fourth five-wicket haul for England - but the first in this country - made him the 38th England bowler in history to take 100 Test wickets.See the full content of this document
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Cricket: Giles Is 30-Year Best for England ; England Defeated the West Indies by 210 Runs
To emphasise what a personal triumph he enjoyed, the left-arm spinner is the first England slow bowler to take nine or more wickets in a Lord's Test since Derek Underwood took 13 against Pakistan 30 years ago.
The hundredth wicket will take pride of place in his video collection and he will do well to take a more satisfying moment into retirement - a few years away yet - than when he diddled Brian Lara with a beautiful piece of bowling that owed everything t...See the full content of this document
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