Hammond treated the crowd to Some delightful strokes, He twice sent Fleetwood-Smith to the boundary in one over, which yielded 10 runs.
The English skipper sent up the 50 after 60 minutes with a four off O'Reilly, Fleetwood-Smith, fielding at fine leg, misfielded, Later, he pulled a short one from McCormick to the leg boundary to reach his half century, after exactly 70 minutes at the crease.
Paynter, meanwhile, was watchful. After taking an hour to score 17 he hooked Fleetwood-Smith for a sixer, and.then Hammond drove the same bowler to the off for two to send up the 100 after 96 minutes.
Paynter grew more confident as the Juncheon adjournment drew near.
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It included s no-balls. board read 283 for five, with Hammond 139 and Ames 4.
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