Happy Burns day. England’s left-handed opener faced the first ball and the last ball on the second day of this first Ashes Test. In between Rory Burns wafted and whooshed, hit a few, edged a few more and batted at times with all the graceful serenity of a man trying to force his way head-first through a privet hedge.
At the end of which Burns finished a captivating day on 125 not out, his first hundred for England, and an innings that already seems likely to garland and indeed define his career as a cricketer.
Written by Barney Ronay at Edgbaston
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/aug/02/how-englands-rory-burns-got-his-first-test-century-ashes under the title “Flinch, twitch, shiver: how England’s Rory Burns got his first Test century | Barney Ronay”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
