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(25-06-2025 11:00 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  Sri Lanka v Bangladesh 2nd Test Colombo Day 2 Close
Bangladesh elected to bat
Bangladesh 247 (71 overs) Shadman 46 Mushfiqur 35 Das 34 Taijul 33 Mehidy 31 Asitha 3-51 Vishwa 2-45 Sonal 3-22
Sri Lanka 290-2 (78 overs) Nissanka 146 Chandimal 93 Lahiru 40

(25-06-2025 17:31 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  West Indies v Australia 1st Test - Bridgetown Day 2 Close
Toss - Australia elected to bat
Australia 180 (56.5 overs ) Khawaja 47 Head 59 Cummins 28 S joseph 4-46 Seales 5-60
West Indies 190 (63.2 overs) Chase 44 King 26 Carty 20 Hope 48 A Joseph 23no Starc 3-65 Hazlewood 2-41 Cummins 2-34 Webster 2-20
Australia 92-4 (33 overs)

Does the tree at Canterbury still exist, and what was the scoring if you hit the tree?

(26-06-2025 17:03 )lovebabes56 Wrote:  Does the tree at Canterbury still exist, and what was the scoring if you hit the tree?

The original lime tree thought to be over 180 years old & 120 feet in height. In the 1990's it was cropped down to 90 feet to promote growth after suffering from fingal rot. It came down in a storm in 2005. To keep the tradition it was replaced with a new young tree which had been planted outside the playing area in 1999 as a planned replacement. After it was moved inside the playing area in 2005, ground redevelopment brought the boundary in & in is no longer in the field of play.

Any ball which hits the tree is counted as a four, including those that flick the top of the tree & clear the playing area.

There are only 3 indisputable cases of a ball clearing the tree for 6. In 1925 a little known Sussex batsman Arthur (Jacko) Watson. 1928 the great Learie Constantine achieved the feat playing for the West Indies tourists. Lastly a Kent player & another west Indies star, Carl Hooper in 1992.

(26-06-2025 07:02 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  

(25-06-2025 11:00 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  Sri Lanka v Bangladesh 2nd Test Colombo Day 3 Close
Bangladesh elected to bat
Bangladesh 247 (71 overs) Shadman 46 Mushfiqur 35 Das 34 Taijul 33 Mehidy 31 Asitha 3-51 Vishwa 2-45 Sonal 3-22
Sri Lanka 458 (116.5 overs) Nissanka 158 Chandimal 93 Kusal 84 Lahiru 40 Kamindu 33 Taijul 5-131 Nayeem 3-87
Bangladesh 133 (44.2 overs) Mushfiqur 26 Dhananjaya 2-13 Prabath 5-56 Tharindu 2-19
Sri Lanka won by 78 runs

(26-06-2025 15:21 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  

(25-06-2025 17:31 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  West Indies v Australia 1st Test - Bridgetown Day 4 Session 3
Toss - Australia elected to bat
Australia 180 (56.5 overs ) Khawaja 47 Head 59 Cummins 28 S joseph 4-46 Seales 5-60
West Indies 190 (63.2 overs) Chase 44 King 26 Carty 20 Hope 48 A Joseph 23no Starc 3-65 Hazlewood 2-41 Cummins 2-34 Webster 2-20
Australia 310 (81.5 overs) Webster 63 Head 61 Carey 65 S Joseph 5-87 A joseph 2-65
West Indies 141 (33.4 overs) S Joseph 44 Greaves 38 Campbell 23 Carty 20 Hazlewood 5-43 Lyon 2-20
Australia won by 159 runs
Target 301

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