Ka taƙaita labarin:  Gary Ballance ya ci kwallo 100 a Ingila a ranar Alhamis - karni na hudu a cikin wasanni tara - wanda ya kara rufe kofa a kan Kevin Pietersen da aka kora ya koma gefe duk abin da ballyhoo. Ballance's 122 shine ginshiƙin 333 na Ingila don bakwai da aka ayyana barin West Indies suna buƙatar 438 wanda ba zai yiwu ba don cin nasarar gwajin farko. Sun gama rana ta huɗu a 98 don biyu bayan wani kyakkyawan Chris Jordan ya yi nasara. Gary Ballance ya zura kwallaye 122 yayin da Ingila ta dauki iko a wasan farko da West Indies a Antigua. Ballance ya buga kwallo mai ban sha'awa a wasan Sir Vivian Richards Stadium. Ballance ya yi murnar kammala shekarunsa na farko bayan kyakkyawan wasan da ya yi a Antigua. Ballance, wanda ke da mummunan gasar cin kofin duniya, ya ce: 'Ya kasance lokacin hunturu mai wuya amma innings huɗu marasa kyau ba sa ka zama mummunan ɗan wasan cricket. Ina so in yi tunanin cewa na zauna a lamba uku bayan bazarar da ta gabata. Buga kwallaye dari a wasan gwaji abin farin ciki ne. Dole ne ku ji daɗin yin kyau,' kamar yadda bikin cika shekara ɗari da ya yi ya nuna. Ko da tare da kullun Pietersen factor Ballance ya kara da cewa: 'Wannan wasa ne na kasa da kasa, ban yi shakkar matsayina ba. Na san cewa na yi nasara a dā. Ban zo nan ina tunanin cewa za a sauke ni ba. Na mai da hankali kan zira kwallaye kuma don samun ɗari yana da girma. ' Akwai bukatar a bude wa KP damar sake dawowa Ingila. Amma da alama babu wani wuri a cikin jerin gwanon don Pietersen. Ballance a lamba uku biye da Ian Bell da Joe Root ya zama kamar dutse mai tsakiya na tsakiya don Ashes a wannan bazara, lokacin da KP zai kasance 35. Joe Root ya kulla kawance mai karfi da Ballance kuma ya yi gagarumar nasara a kan'yan wasan gida. Root ya gaishe da masu sauraro bayan da ya kawo rabin karni a baya a ranar. Kyakkyawan Jordan da hannu daya ya kama dan wasan lokaci Joe Root don ya kori Darren Bravo wani lokaci ne mai mahimmanci. Ballance ya ce:'CJ ya yi kyau sosai amma yana yin hakan a koyaushe. Yana da hannaye masu ban mamaki.' Ballance ya taƙaita shi a matsayin'mai yawa...
Gary Ballance ya ci 122 a rana ta hudu na gwajin farko a Antigua a ranar Alhamis. Ballance ya yi rashin nasara a gasar cin kofin duniya inda ya zira kwallaye 36 a wasanni hudu. Ingila ta bayyana a kan 333 don bakwai, saitin masu karɓar bakuncin burin 438 don cin nasara. West Indies sun rufe a 98 don biyu suna zuwa ranar karshe.