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Of Borthwick, Kerrigan and the dalliance with fame | Cricket

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[ad_1] Play 01:15 Abell leads by example Surrey 231 for 9 (Borthwick 79, Bailey 4-54, Onions 3-45 ) trail Lancashire 439 for 9 dec (Clark 78, Mennie 68*, Bailey 66, Chanderpaul 65, Croft 62, Virdi 4-80, Dernbach 3-93) by 208 runs Scorecard The One-Test Club might be thought a rather melancholy society. You have had recognition but not much. The cap-badge is still bright and the sweater doesn't need washing. For whatever reason, a single look has been enough. It may be even worse if you are picked to play in a losing side. Scott Borthwick was selected for the last Test of the 2013-4 Ashes series, a dubious honour roughly comparable to a German soldier being asked to help out at Stalingrad in January 1943. He took four wickets and made five runs. Since that dalliance with fame Borthwick has moved from Durham to Surrey and has remained one of the more stylish ba...