Over-by-over updates from the final Test in SouthamptonDurable duo Broad and Anderson refuse to let it all goEmail your thoughts to Rob 2.58pm BST 45th over: England 147-4 (Crawley 75, Buttler 12) “Top of the afternoon Rob,” says Alex Bramble. “I scoffed indignantly reading that of active ‘keepers only BJ Watling is averaging more than YJB, smugly assuming that QdK’s average would also be comfortably higher. The joy that is Stasguru reveals that it’s a tad tighter than I expected: his average is 39.12 but at an eye-catching strike rate of 70.95!”All this makes you realise how utterly ludicrous Gilchrist was: average 47.60, s/r 81.95. At one stage, after four years and 47 matches as a Test cricketer, he averaged 60 with a strike rate of 84. 2.55pm BST 44th over: England 144-4 (Crawley 74, Buttler 10) Crawley edges Abbas well short of first slip, another demonstration of a pretty slow pitch. The ball bounces through for a single, and then Buttler waves a quite majestic off drive for four.Abbas doesn’t take kindly to such effrontery and almost dismisses Buttler with each of the next two deliveries. The first wobbled past the edge, the second was pinged just short of midwicket. Super cricket. Continue reading…
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