Boon blasts 151 runs
The test No. 3, David Boon, hit a powerful 151 against Essex yesterday, his best first-class score of the England tour, as the Australians set a cracking pace on the first day of their three-day match, at Chelmsford. Promoted to open for the tourists’ final match against a county side, Boon hit two sixes and found the boundary 24 times as he teamed up with Dean Jones to send the county bowlers crashing all over the Chelmsford ground, east of London. Jones’ fluid style knocked 70 runs off 72 balls towards the pair’s fifth-wicket stand of 133, while Tom Moody shared the batting honours with a solid 80 runs. The Australians declared late in the afternoon at 387 for seven, and two quick wickets by the fast bowler, Geoff Lawson, left Essex reeling at 43 for two at the close of play.
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