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Golden Gus shows the value of a wagging tail

“It’s like watching Jacques Kallis play,” said a beaming Joe Root having had a front-row seat for the latest instalment of Gus Atkinson’s dreamy first summer as a Test cricketer.

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By Jo Harman

"It’s like watching Jacques Kallis play,” said a beaming Joe Root having had a front-row seat for the latest instalment of Gus Atkinson’s dreamy first summer as a Test cricketer. “I’d die to hit it that cleanly,” added England’s record-equalling centurion.
Back at the ground where he returned the extraordinary figures of 12-106 less than two months ago, the best return by an England debutant for 134 years, the now bleach-blond Atkinson etched his name on the Lord’s honours board once again after making a breathtaking run-aball century.

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