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We shouldn’t overlook Daniel Vettori’s hundred.

But we are.

Because Jesse was fucking great.

Forget about everything that led up to it.

I know that is hard, but forget it was 6 for 60, and just fast forward to the last few runs.

Iain O’Blogger is batting with Jesse, and for a rubbish batsman, he did very well to get Jesse towards his hundred.

Then at the start of a Bhajji over, whith Jesse on 98, IOB does something so stupid it would have to be seen to be believed.

He came down the track to and. Fuck it, just read what he said,

“I did about the dumbest thing I’ve ever done on a cricket filed, and I’ve done some dumb things. I walked past one from Harbhajan, my foot got stuck and I couldn’t make it back to my crease. Embarrassing; yes. I was trying to get to the pitch of the ball and push a single, get Jesse on strike and watch him score the last couple of runs he needed to tick over the ton. I felt so sick heading back to the changing room knowing that I had made such a bad mistake, I felt like throwing up”

It was ugly, and Jesse’s facial expression was priceless, infact it was better than that, it was the perfect look at anger at a friend who has done you wrong.

Then Chris Martin comes in, with 5 balls to face.

Usually that is 3 too many.

A normal batsman stuck at the other end would be beside himself.

Jesse laughed at every awkward play and miss Martin did.

He was actually pissing himself as the worst tail ender most of is have ever seen was looking like going out.

Even on the replay it was tense to watch, but Jesse, absolute legend of legend, just sat there and pissed himself.

The dude is a special kind of animal.

Most yougn batsmen would have been shitting actual bricks.

Not Jesse.

And when the over finally finished, Jesse got up the other end and smashed Sharma to bring up his ton.

For all our sakes I hope Jesse has a long and entertaining career.