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Billings 175 sets up comprehensive Lions win
- Updated: July 24, 2016
England Lions 324 for 8 (Billings 175, Livingstone 64, Bhatti 4-64) beat Pakistan A 268 (Jaahid 103, Babar 55, Wood 3-44) by 56 runs Scorecard
Sam Billings treated his home county crowd to the third spectacular century for England Lions in as many matches as they wrapped up the Tri-Series with a 56-run victory over Pakistan A in Canterbury.
The Kent wicketkeeper-batsman hit a career-best 175 from only 139 balls with 21 fours and two sixes, an innings that was all the more impressive and important after the Lions had been reduced to 49 for 4 by Bilawal Bhatti’s excellent new-ball spell.
They ended up posting 324 for 8, and despite a fine century in reply from Pakistan’s opener Jaahid Ali, three more wickets for Mark Wood ensured the Lions would maintain their 100% record and seal the series before their last game against Sri Lanka A on Monday, also at the Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence.
Billings’s innings meant three of …
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