Reimagine the iconic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and win ยฃ5,000 / $7,000!
PROSPECT 100 Global Design Competition 2021
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Shoaib Bashir is set to retain his ECB contract, while Jordan Cox, Emilio Gay, Dan Lawrence and Ollie Robinson are all expected to win deals after breaking into England's Test team this summer https://t.co/ssRaDy6DHA
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The real life replicator is getting closer and closer to a reality. The Mono 3D printer will make it possible for anybody to basically have their own shoe factory on their desk.
In the future, everything will be printable.
England under Stokes and McCullum built a whole identity around scoring fast & taking risks nobody else would dare. It won them few matches but it also broke them at the top. Zak Crawley kept flashing at wide ones. Someone had to hold the other end while Ben Duckett played his beautiful (reckless) music.
Enter Emilio Gay. Cap #720. A left hander from Bedford who leaves the ball like it owes him money.
Irony is thick here. Gay went to same school as Alastair Cook, England's last great stone-waller. Cook handed him his cap at Lord's this June. But Gay's path was never straightforward.
His story starts in winters in Bedford, his father Patrick parking the car beside outdoor practice nets and using the headlights to see by, throwing ball after ball in cold and snow because daylight simply ran out too early otherwise.
Gay got overlooked for Bunbury Festival as a kid, the traditional shop window for young English talent and instead of sulking about it he just kept working. At 16, facing a Zak Crawley led Tonbridge side after his own school got bowled out for 70, he made 144 in a rearguard that couldn't save the game but said plenty about what he was built for.
He took the long way to a Test cap too, actually representing Italy in T20 cricket first through his maternal grandfather, helping them qualify for their first ever World Cup before injury ruled him out of playing in it.
His technique is old school in a way that makes purists weep. A tall batter with high elbow & soft hands. He knows where his off stump is. He leaves. He waits. He lets the ball come to him. In an era where England openers treat the first 10 overs like a Powerplay, Gay bats like it's 1998 and he has all day.
He started with 8 at Lord's. Then made 57 in 2nd innings when ball was swinging around corners. Then 53 at Oval. Then 60 against Pakistan at Edgbaston, 271 runs, average of 27.1. Not earth shattering. But watch the footage. Watch him survive the morning session when others can't. Watch him blunt the new ball so Duckett can play his shots.
England spent years trying to find someone who could absorb pressure without scoring. They found him in a snow covered net in Bedford, via Italy, via rejection. He hasn't made a hundred yet. But he will. And when he does, it might not be flashy but it'll be necessary.
FIFTY!! ๐ฅ
Emilio Gay brings up his half-century ๐
His third Test Match fifty of the summer ๐ช
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๐ They trail by 6 runs
Hear #ENGvPAK outside of the UK on the @Cricket_TS YouTube Channel ๐
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