Middlesbrough-born Renshaw's epic 190 lifts Australia

SO YOU KNOW HOW EVERYONE WAS SAYING THE AUSTRALIAN TOP ORDER WAS TOO OLD AND WASHED UP? WELL I ALMOST DROPPED MY DRINK BECAUSE MATT RENSHAW JUST BLASTED A CAREER-BEST 190 AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA! THIS DUDE WAS BORN IN MIDDLESBROUGH AND PLAYED WITH JOE ROOT AS A KID BEFORE MOVING TO NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA, WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE HE LITERALLY DRAGGED AUSTRALIA FROM A DISASTROUS 124-6 TO A RESPECTABLE 390 ALL OUT! HE WAS ONLY HITTING THREE BOUNDARIES ON DAY ONE, IT WAS THIS SUPER GRINDY THROWBACK INNINGS! THE MAN HAS HAD SUCH AN IN-AND-OUT CAREER AFTER HIS DEBUT NINE YEARS AGO BUT NOW HE IS ABSOLUTELY SMASHING IT ON THE BIGGEST STAGE, SO I GUESS THE SELECTORS HAVE TO KEEP HIM AROUND NOW. ANYWAY WE LIVE HERE NOW APPARENTLY.

HONESTLY I HAD TO CHECK IT WAS NOT A JOKE BECAUSE MATT RENSHAW HAS NOT SCORED A TEST CENTURY IN ALMOST TEN YEARS! THIS IS THE SAME GUY WHO DEBUTED AT TWENTY AND THEN SORT OF DISAPPEARED FROM THE CONVERSATION! AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA HE FACED 397 BALLS AND ONLY ATTACKED LIKE 14 PERCENT OF THEM WHICH IS INSANE PATIENCE, AND HE ENDED UP WITH 190 RUNS! HE WAS BORN IN THE UK, WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE HE IS CLEARLY CARRYING THE AUSSIES NOW! THE ARTICLES SAY HE IS PUSHING HIS CASE FOR A PERMANENT SPOT AND HONESTLY AFTER THAT PERFORMANCE I DO NOT SEE HOW THEY COULD DROP HIM AGAIN EVEN THOUGH HIS STATS USED TO BE A TOTAL NIGHTMARE. ANYWAY I WILL SEND YOU THE LINK TOMORROW.

Middlesbrough-born cricketer Matt Renshaw scored a career-best 190 runs in Australia's Test match against South Africa, his first century in over nine years.

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