http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Taylor-c66127 century sets up series win - Cricket News Update
England Lions’ Skipper, James Taylor, played a remarkable innings along with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 A at Northampton.
Taylor played a captain’s knock to rescue his team from a very difficult situation. At one stage, the England http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lions-c808 were at 38 for the loss of three wickets. He was well supported by Stokes who remained positive throughout his innings.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ahangama-Baduge-Tharanga-Lakshitha-c42297 had made the early dent, taking each of the first three wickets before the fight back started.
The right-handed batsman played a marvellous innings and smashed his second hundred in three matches, facilitating England Lions to rebound from their 10-wicket trouncing in the last game.
The duo assisted their team to recover diligently from the worse condition and pushed their team’s total to a challenging one. They built a tremendous partnership of 98 runs, with Stokes accomplishing his fifty off just 45 balls,
smashing three huge sixes and seven boundaries. He played a blistering knock of 73 runs off just 65 balls.
Stokes was removed by the leg-spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Seekkuge-Prasanna-c89140, just past the half-way segment of the game. He could have contributed more if he would not ignored by the Poms selectors, who will be bearing in mind their troop for the imminent
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 tour.
Initially http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915 took some time to get settled with the pitch conditions and reached his half-century off 91 balls. He progressively shifted his gears as the match went on.
The Lions were 178 for the loss of six wickets at one stage and it looked as they would be bundled up for under 200 runs.
However, James played a superb innings down the order and provided support to Taylor. He scored 29 runs while Taylor reached a well deserved hundred off just 37 balls after passing his fifty. He scored 111 runs, smashing eight boundaries
and a six, and was the last man to be dismissed.
The target was a daunting one, but the Lions’ bowlers made it way too difficult for the tourists. The opponents had knocked off the first three wickets for just seven runs, and laid the foundation for Lions' triumph, as Sri Lanka
A were bundled up for just 147 runs in 30 overs.
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