A record set at Edgbaston fell today - England's highest ever Test partnership, set in 1957 when Peter May and Colin Cowdrey added 411 together. Root and Brook went well beyond that with 454.
A record set at Edgbaston fell today - England's highest ever Test partnership, set in 1957 when Peter May and Colin Cowdrey added 411 together. Root and Brook went well beyond that with 454.
I remember back in '57 viewing the scoreboard from the top of the 1A bus on the way home from school!!
LeicesterExile wrote:
I remember back in '57 viewing the scoreboard from the top of the 1A bus on the way home from school!!
Ah yes, the 1A bus. I remember it well.
Just watching on TV third test and am quite surprised how sparse the crowd is, compared to the India v New Zealand test. Are there reasons or is this a trend on the sub continent or just in Pakistan. Perhaps a sign of things to come in the UK. Or the reason the Authorities are flogging off the 100 at an indecent speed!
A series which has been a big advert for playing championship cricket throughout the middle of the summer months regardless of what other nonsense formats are on