Mayes illustrates perfect sense of timing
26.01.26, 10:02 Updated 26.01.26, 10:02
Rich Edwards
The line to Ben Mayes' hotel in Bulawayo isn't the best.
There's a delay on the line, and some of the 18-year-old's responses are delivered in the kind of sound quality you might have expected on a long-distance call long before WhatsApp was invented.
It's in sharp contrast to the clarity of approach and speed of execution that typified Mayes' show-stopping 191 off just 117 balls against Scotland in Harare on Wednesday.
His strike rate was a scarcely believable 163.25 as England piled on both agony and runs against a powerless Scotland.
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Rich Edwards is the founder and editor of The Hawk. Rich is a freelance cricket writer and lifelong Hampshire man. He has been published in a host of national publications, including The Times, The Cricketer and The Independent.