LONDON (AP) — Gus Atkinson has his name on both of England’s storied honours boards at Lord’s in his spectacular first summer of test cricket.
The pace bowler reached his maiden first-class hundred early on Day 2 of the second test against Sri Lanka at the home of cricket on Friday. A powerful straight drive for four took him to three figures off 103 balls, with his entertaining innings including four sixes so far.
Scoring a century gets a player on the honours boards inside the dressing rooms at Lord’s, as does getting a five-wicket haul in an innings or 10 wickets in a match — something Atkinson achieved last month on his test debut.
The 26-year-old Atkinson had figures of 7-45 and 5-61 in the first test against the West Indies.
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