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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Sport
Will Macpherson

Stuart Broad hopes ‘most outrageous hour of Test cricket’ sees free-ticket England fans return

Stuart Broad labelled Jonny Bairstow’s extraordinary innings in England’s win over New Zealand on Tuesday the “most outrageous hour I've seen in Test cricket” – and hoped it helped those attending on free tickets fall in love with the game.

England won by five wickets to wrap up their first series under Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum with a game to spare. They did so in style, knocking off a target of 299 in 50 overs, with 22 to spare.

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