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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Bridgetown (Barbados), May 6 (IANS) West Indies middle-order batsman Jermaine Blackwood says he received strong encouragement from his senior partner Darren Bravo that helped inspire him to play a major supporting role in their five-wicket victory over England in the third and final Test.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Blackwood was unbeaten on 47 in a crucial fifth-wicket stand of 108 with Bravo that propelled the West Indies to victory inside three days to level the series three-match series 1-1, reports CMC.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">The 23-year-old top scored with a stroke-filled 82 in the first innings of his team.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;It was a very special moment. To carry the team over the line is a very special feeling. It is very important to play a big role. I was just trying to take it step by step and eventually get across the line,&rdquo; said Blackwood on Tuesday.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;He (Bravo) was just telling me let&rsquo;s get to ten runs and each time we get to ten runs we go to a next ten so we were just rotating the strike aggressive and patient at the same time&rdquo;.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">While Bravo anchored the partnership with a top score of 82, Blackwood hit the winning runs and also earned the Man-of the-Match award.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Earlier in the series, he made his maiden Test century and ended the three Tests with 311 runs (average 77.75).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Chasing 192 for victory, the Windies reached their target late in the evening to seize their first win over England at Kensington Oval in 25 years.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;I was not thinking about any hundred I was thinking about getting the team as closer to England total as possible so I was thinking to get more runs on the board so we could get closer to the total,&rdquo; he said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;It was a matter of just get in bat some balls and rotate the strike because Bravo was there and he was batting pretty good so I was just there playing a supporting role&rdquo;.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Blackwood has emerged as the biggest mover in the latest International Cricket Council&#39;s player rankings soaring 31 places to a career-high 37th spot.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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