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One of Samraweera’s double hundreds in Pakistan was sublime; can’t say which one, there were so many of them – ok, just two, that’s Kambliesque! Don’t know what it is with back to back doubles but they can get you into trouble. Samaraweera got shot.
A bullet can do many things, like rob you of runs. It wasn’t until the fourth test after the Lahore shoot out that Samara scored a hundred at Galle.
But the hundred was of little consequence as it was against a sick New Zealand side. The high point was his second innings firing – 20 of 15 balls with 2 sixes. That took his 6s tally to 4 of 53 tests. Looks like he really wants that ODI spot real bad. As was documented here, he has never hit an ODI 6.
If you saw the ugly heave he got out to, you’d say he’s not just ready for ODIs but T20 too. Move over Boom Boom,The Bullet is here.
Hands up! The Bullet is here.
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