Cancel the tee booked at the Belfry, rearrange the trip to Cadbury World and abort the shopping jolly to the Bullring.
The reason? Pakistan debutant Razaullah and 'Razball'.
England's bowlers were thwarted by a Pakistan side who mixed batting belligerence with brilliance and instead of a Saturday off must reconvene at Edgbaston for day four.
The brilliance was provided by Razaullah, who produced a dizzying knock to breathe life into the third Test and lift the spirits of Pakistan supporters everywhere. A new hero, a new hope.
Bazball might be on its way out, but has Birmingham might just witnessed the birth of new phenomenon during two hours of unbridled chaos during which he made a stunning 81 off 63 **** coming in at number nine.

#Pakistan

After all the weather delays at the Belfry, getting the Husqvarna British Masters through 72 holes was quite an accomplishment. Hats off to tournament officials and greenkeepers.
They packed so much into the final day, the DP World Tour will probably get a hefty bill for excess baggage.
The final group, for instance, shoehorned 31 holes into an exhausting Sunday as Saturday's third round spilled over.
In fact, the closing 18 holes began before round three had even finished as the field tried to get home and dry ahead of predicted storms in the area later in the afternoon. There was no redraw either for the closing circuit, with speed being the order of the day
This golfing marathon became a sprint for the line. Joe Dean certainly got a shift on as he surged up the order to claim his maiden victory on the DP World Tour in thrilling style.

#closing #belfry

BIRMINGHAM, England — Joe Dean, a former grocery delivery driver ranked No. 292, captured his first DP World Tour ***** le by shooting 9-under 63 to win the British Masters with his wife on the bag on Sunday.
The 32-year-old Englishman started the final round seven strokes off the lead at The Belfry but made nine birdies — including four on his last six holes — to finish the week on 14-under par and move into the lead with the late starters still having holes to play.
No one could catch him, with four players — Nacho Elvira (69), third-round leader Daniel Hillier (73), Niklas Norgaard (71) and Jakob Skov Olesen (71) — tying for second place, three shots back.
This was the first tournament in Team Europe's qualifying process for next year's Ryder Cup, so that's suddenly an unlikely target for Dean — quite the turn of events for someone who spent time delivering groceries during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and kept doing it for nearly four years to help fund his career when he didn't have a card.
"I enjoyed it for most of the time," Dean said of his old part-time job. "Obviously it's a completely different life, a completely different lifestyle. I still see the vans going up and down the road every now and then, and I keep in touch."

#still

British Masters
-11 D Hillier (NZ) (5), M Penge (Eng) (5); -10 T McKibbin (NI) (6); -9 F Zanotti (Par) (7), S Norris (SA) (5); -8 O Lindell (Fin) (14), J Olesen (Den) (7), I Elvira (Spa) (6)
-7 M Jordan (Eng) (6); -4 M Wallace (Eng) (14); -3 T Hatton (Eng) (12), D Willett (Eng) (8)
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England's Marco Penge and New Zealand's Daniel Hillier are the joint leaders of a British Masters that is still playing catch-up after storms hit the opening couple of days at the Belfry.

#masters #elvira