Great story, Paul. Thanks for sharing. What I would add is that he still averaged around 30 with Somerset, and much of that was before the hype. I don't think there is a doubt he can play an occasional one off innings like this. He's even played some great knocks in Tests (the hundred v India, half-century in Sri Lanka, etc). But when you look back at that record at Taunton, you will still see that before that expectation his record is remarkably similar to what it is now in Tests. Like, eerily so. England 32av/57sr, Somerset, 32av/60sr. So while I think England was wrong to make him do what he has (that is what a major project is about), I also think that what he's produced is more or less what we should expect from him looking at what he did for Somerset, Lancs and his first run in Tests.