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Shantry’s astounding century turns the tables on Gloucestershire
- Updated: May 30, 2016
Gloucestershire 226 for 5 (van Buuren 104*) trail Worcestershire 439 (Kohler-Cadmore 169, Shantry 106, Norwell 4-70) by 213 runsScorecard
Jack Shantry turned the clock back to a match played more than 100 years ago when scoring a career-best 106 in a remarkable Worcestershire recovery against Gloucestershire in the Specsavers County Championship at New Road.
History repeated itself when Shantry romped to a second 50 from 14 balls in completing a hundred from the No 10 position – just as Dick Burrows had done in a similar transformation against Gloucestershire in 1907.
Burrows made 112 as the county recovered from 78 for 4 to total 447 and this time they climbed back from 34 for 5 to reach 439. Almost spookily, each innings spanned 113.1 overs.
Shantry, who made his previous century in a promotion-clinching win against Surrey in 2014, followed up his latest exploits by bowling Gloucestershire opener Chris Dent in an opening …
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