Once again Jos Buttler looked in princely form without producing a major innings. Jennings is a patient man – he flirts with that reverse sweep, which he plays well – otherwise he is content to pick up those singles and dispatch the odd bad ball. Root declared two balls later, leaving Jennings undefeated on 146 off 280 balls, having hit just nine fours in his highest Test score, and his first not out. His two centuries have come in his first and last Test innings and make up 38% of his total Test runs (258/678), coming off 33% of the balls he has faced in Test cricket (499/1,480). On this occasion he only had himself to blame. In fading light against five different bowlers their openers negotiated them safely while scoring 15 runs. This is no criticism of the batsman but it highlights the limitations of the field placements. Keaton Jennings hits undefeated 146 as England set Sri Lanka 462 to win This article is more than 1 year old • Day 3: England 342 and 322-6 dec; Sri Lanka 203 & 15-0
But here this unbending approach allowed Jennings and Stokes to tap the ball into the gaps without risk in order to pick up singles. Rory Burns settled well only to be run out for the second time in Sri Lanka. His father, Ray Jennings, played first-class cricket in South Africa from 1973/4 to 1992/3, with most of his playing career during the anti-apartheid sporting boycott of South Africa.
None of the great batsmen reverse sweep as frequently, for example, but the runs are in the book and, if he can come to terms with English conditions where the seamers tend to prevail, a long Test career beckons after all. [10] In the second Test he was out for just one in the first innings as England posted a total of 477. Though he had a struggled against India in the previously concluded home series, Jennings was included as part of the team touring Sri Lanka in October 2018. } catch (e) { Jennings was selected as the County Championship player of the year by the Cricket Writers' Club, and joined the England Lions tour to the United Arab Emirates. He reached a second first-class century in the final match of the 2013 season, against Sussex, when Durham had already won the 2013 County Championship (Durham's third title in six years) but he made less impact in the following two seasons. Moeen Ali and captain Joe Root each fell after scoring just three runs, which brought Ben Stokes and Jennings together. Playing against Derbyshire in July 2013, he scored his maiden first-class century (123) in the second innings after reaching 93 in the first innings. However, after averaging 15.88 in this series, he was dropped for the first test against the West Indies in August 2017, with his place being taken by his former opening partner at Durham, Mark Stoneman. [9] His second England innings was a contrast to his first as he was dismissed by the first ball he faced. Jennings had a little slice of fortune on 60 when he would have been out if Sri Lanka had been minded to review an lbw shout when Dhananjaya de Silva was bowling. South African-born Keaton Jennings scored 146 not out on the third day of the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle to allow England to declare on 322-6 and set Sri Lanka 462 to win in two full days. England have been propelled into a commanding position in the first Test by two of their more unlikely heroes.
In between Tests we will continue to debate England’s best option at No 3. var a = !1; Despite relatively limited returns, he retained his place in the England Test team in the first four Tests of the summer against South Africa. a = !1; Out came Moeen Ali on a king pair. c.type = "text/javascript"; c.async = !0; c.id = "CleverNTLoader45248"; c.setAttribute("data-target",window.name); c.setAttribute("data-callback","%%VIEW_URL_UNESC%%"); The two left-handers added 107 for the fourth wicket, Stokes contributing 62 off 93 balls before playing down the wrong line to be bowled by Dilruwan Perera.
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