PASSING THE TEST
Keaton Jennings lives his dream with a ton
The South African-born opener guides England to a solid start in the first innings
Mumbai — Keaton Jennings said scoring a century for England on his debut against India on Thursday had been a "dream come true" after waking up a bag of nerves. "I woke up at 5am thinking I’d missed the bus so I jumped out of bed and panicked about where everything was," the 24-year-old told reporters after his knock of 112. "But then I settled myself down when I saw the time. If someone had told me this morning that you’ve got a Test match hundred I would have bitten their arm off. "It’s been a dream come true, and just surreal that it’s come on debut," Jennings said. The South African-born opener guided England to a solid start of 288/5 in the first innings of their must-win fourth Test at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium. The left-hander was almost caught while still to get off the mark and took until the 12th ball to get his first runs on the board — but when he did there was no stopping the tall opener. "When the ball looped up to gully, my heart was in my mouth and I thought: ‘No, yo...
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