The world-famous Johnnie Walker highball forms the focal point of the award-winning whisky tour on Edinburgh’s Princes Street. It is described by the Scotch blender’s own website as a “balanced mix of smoke, fruit and fizz”. A mile away at The Grange, it was New Zealand’s own highball concoction on parade; and the liquid equivalent’s tagline could easily have applied.
Chapman smashed seven sixes – getting off the mark with a straight one – after having started watchfully with four dots. A straight-arm jab off birthday boy Mark Watt fizzed to the boundary, while Hamza Tahir dropped short and was smoked for first four and then six.
He also pulled a Chris Greaves drag down to Watt on the boundary in what was his first professional knock since mid-April but there was no apparent rustiness.
“It’s just the nature of international cricket,” Chapman said of the gap. “It took a bit to get going, but once you get one out of the middle of the bat, things come back pretty quickly. We’ve been talking about taking the game on, and being really positive in the way we play. It came off today, and the boys are pretty happy.”
Full report to follow…
Source: ESPN Crickinfo