DEAR TOM, THERE COMES A TIME FOR SELF SACRIFICE!

Coming up short: Tom Banton’s failure to sacrifice himself for a quick single with captain Eoin Morgan on Tuesday night showed inexperience
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Tom Banton is an exciting young talent but did his failure to sacrifice himself in the second T20 international against Pakistan prevent England winning the match and with it the series?
The moment came from the last ball of the seventh over with England 67-2 chasing 191. Eoin Morgan, England’s captain, pushed firmly to extra cover’s right hand and set-off for a single, which got Banton advancing...

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