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Lumb ends century drought to keep Notts in touch
- Updated: May 16, 2016
Nottinghamshire 316 for 7 (Lumb 108, Mullaney 56) trail Warwickshire 373 (Woakes 121, Barker 113, Trott 68) by 57 runsScorecard
The embrace he shared with batting partner Samit Patel after lofting a ball from Jeetan Patel over the infield for his 19th boundary told something of the relief being felt at that moment by Nottinghamshire’s Michael Lumb.
It completed his 20th first-class hundred, the most pertinent fact attached to which is the time elapsed since the 19th, some two years and eight months, the toughest of times for the former England batsman, who turned 36 in February this year.
It encompassed a long lay-off following surgery on a torn forearm tendon, keeping him out of action for the best part of six months until June last year, and then a broken thumb, after which the form that had seen him make almost 2000 runs across all formats in 2013, and then score a century on his ODI debut for England in February 2014, seemed to belong to another player.
“It has been a strange couple of years,” he said. “I had problems with the arm for a while, lots and trouble and little niggles, and all the time I was playing through the pain I was doing more damage until it came to the point that the tendon just tore away from the bone.
“The surgeons did a great job but it was a long …
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