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(Yesterday 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

(Yesterday 17:31 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  Wets Indies v Australia 1st Test = Bridgetown Day 2 Session 2
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 v2-20

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

(Today 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.