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Forty. Its a good average but not a good score. An innings of 40 occupies that hinterland between success and failure, a liminal score, a score for the flaky talent or the not yet good enough. Forty is as likely to annoy the selectors as excite them. When he remembered the golden run that saw him average more than 100 for two full first-class seasons in 2006 and 2007, Mark Ramprakash said: If I gutsed out 40 or 50 on a difficult wicket, I thought, Yeah well done. But it also meant if conditions were in my favour, I was absolutely ruthless.A score of 40 does not represent ruthlessness in the mind of Ramprakash, or of any serious batsman. The reactions of the fielders if they dismissed a Lara or a Ponting or a Kallis for 40 said it all: it was a win, a bullet dodged, a cause for celebration. And take a look at the face of Brian or Ricky or Jacques - were they happy with 40? They were not. In a strange way, theyd rather get out early than fight through all of that and then chuck it away. Its like putting Led Zeppelin IV on the stereo and turning it off again before Stairway to Heaven.Most batsmen fail to make their average in two-thirds of their innings. This rule applied even to Don Bradman, the most ruthless of all, who was as vulnerable to early dismissal as everyone else (Jack Hobbs apparently had more chance, statistically, of reaching 10). But of his 80 Test match innings, Bradman made just four scores between 40 and 50. He passed fifty 42 times, and turned 29 of those into a hundred or more. Thirty-six per cent of his innings were centuries, and 25% were scores of fewer than 20. He was the ultimate converter of starts.The second innings of Englands defeat to Pakistan at Lords contained three scores in the 40s. They demonstrated how the light refracts differently depending how the runs were made, and by whom. James Vince scored 42, Gary Ballance 43, and Jonny Bairstow 48.They were very different knocks by players in very different places. Vince is four Tests and six innings into the apparent seven-game run that every new gun is afforded under Andrew Strauss. He cover-drives as though the ghosts of Dexter, Vaughan and Bell are at his back, the rifle-crack of the ball leaving his bat at stark odds with the languorous fluidity of his strokeplay. Of his 112 Test runs, 76 have come in boundaries. At Lords before lunch he seemed to ride the wave, the ball scudding across the green as a herald to his talent, and yet it was suddenly quelled by the kind of shot that so often extinguishes other batsmen touched by aesthetic beauty. Forty-two for him, and more murmuring. Ballance had bet the house on his unaltered technique, still crabbed and crease-bound. Stubbornness, though, is a quality prized by pros and selectors. His 43 was as ugly and hard-won as Vinces was apparently casually knocked off. Most of those 43 runs seemed to go through slip and left him white-faced with effort. It was a score that seemed somehow more virtuous for being difficult.Bairstows grim countenance had little to do with his immediate future in the England team. He was a man who knew he could do it when it mattered, and it mattered now. Yasir Shah had bowled pure kryptonite at him in the UAE, and then in the first innings, Bairstow had tried to cut one off middle stump, a shot full of doubt and fear. Now he played with a vertical bat and a clenched jaw, looking for all the world like a young redbeard King Hal.He and Chris Woakes, another player with the sun shining down on him at last, were deeply aware that they were the last, thin chance England had. Yasir tired, and Bairstow pulled a long hop for four to move within six of 50. Then came another, but this time with an extra zap from wrist or fingers, met by a waft that was neither punch nor pull, and he was done. The fiery demeanour gave way to shattered realisation.Three men, three innings, three forties, one defeat. Bairstow drew plaudits for his. Ballance, it was generally acknowledged, should get another game. For Vince, a stereotype was reinforced. Perhaps he can ask Bairstow about how he might reinvent himself if - and probably when - the axe comes.For all of them, and for all of their reasons, 40 was, as ever, far from enough. Vapormax Sort Dame . -- Team after team passed on Andre Ellington in the draft. Vapormax Dame Dk . The phone hearing is scheduled for 4:30pm et/1:30pm pt. Winchester, who was not penalized for the hit, appeared to make contact with Kellys head early in the first period of Thursdays game in Boston. http://www.vapormaxdanmark.com/ . -- Stanford squashed Oregons national championship hopes again, schooling the Ducks in power football. Vapormax Dame Danmark . They had already blown a double-digit lead, fans were hitting the exits, and a long seven-game road trip waited at the end. Vapormax Hvid Danmark . Westbrook has missed 27 games since having a procedure on Dec. 27 to deal with swelling in his injured right knee — the third operation on the knee in nine months. PHILADELPHIA -- Chris Thompson kept running into the end zone on one of those rare times scoring a touchdown wasnt the optimal play.Ryan Kerrigan made sure it didnt matter.Thompson had a 25-yard TD run with 1:53 remaining, Kerrigan forced a turnover in the red zone and the Washington Redskins beat the Philadelphia Eagles 27-22 on Sunday.Had he taken a knee, we couldve run the clock down and kicked a field goal, but theres no guarantees with those and we learned the hard way in London, coach Jay Gruden said about Thompsons run. Smart thing to do wouldve been to take a knee, but thats hard for a running back to do.Kirk Cousins threw two touchdown passes, including an 80-yard toss to DeSean Jackson, and had a pick-6.The Eagles took a 22-21 lead when Caleb Sturgis hit a 41-yard field goal with 4:59 left after holder Donnie Jones got the high snap from third-string long snapper Trey Burton down in time.Carson Wentz drove Philadelphia to the Redskins 14 in the final minute, but Kerrigan sacked him to force a fumble and seal the win for Washington.The Redskins (7-5-1) snapped a two-game losing streak and remained in the middle of a jumbled playoff race.Our heart is still beating, were still rolling, Gruden said.The Eagles (5-8) have lost four in a row and eight of 10 after a 3-0 start.This is a resilient group, coach Doug Pederson said. They hung together. They battled. Its great to see how far theyve come through adversity.Jackson made a twisting, over-the-shoulder catch and spun away from Leodis McKelvin before slowing down and jogging into the end zone to give the Redskins a 14-13 lead in the third quarter.DeSean wouldve been a world-class center fielder, Gruden said. He adjusts to the ball and tracks it like no other.McKelvin intercepted Cousins and returned it 29 yards for a TD early in the fourth quarter, but Wentzs pass to Jordan Matthews was knocked down on the 2-point conversion.Cousins then connected with Pierre Garcon on a 15-yard TD pass to extend the lead to 21-13.After Dustin Hopkins hit the left post on a 38-yard try in the first quarter, the Redskins took a 7-6 lead on their next possession. Rob Kelley knocked over a defender at the end of a nifty, 22-yard TD run .Wentz finished witth 314 yards passing and one TD pass.dddddddddddd Cousins threw for 234.We just didnt finish at the end, Wentz said.The Redskins have won five straight games against the Eagles.SNAPPING PROBLEMSThe Eagles lost long snapper Jon Dorenbos to a right wrist injury. Backup Brent Celek made a poor snap on a 50-yard field goal attempt and then suffered a stinger, leaving Burton to handle the tough task. After the offense lined up to go for fourth-and-1, Wentz called a timeout. Burton practiced a couple snaps on the sideline along with linebacker Mychal Kendricks. Jones had to reach up to catch Burtons snap and Sturgis took a stutter-step before kicking the ball through the uprights.BLINDSIDEDDarren Sproles took a hard shot to the head while trying to catch a punt in the fourth quarter and left the game to be treated for a head injury. Washingtons Deshazor Everett ran Sproles over, drawing an unsportsmanlike penalty. Players from both sides immediately started pushing and shoving. Sproles remained down for a couple minutes before walking off.BLUNDERSAn illegal block by Zach Ertz negated Sproles 72-yard punt return for a score in the third quarter. ... The Eagles drove to the Redskins 3 on their second possession before Wentz tossed an interception to Everett on third down.HOMECOMINGJackson went to three Pro Bowls in six seasons with the Eagles, but former coach Chip Kelly released him after his most productive year in 2013. The 30-year-old Jackson will be a free agent after this season and already said he wouldnt mind returning to Philadelphia. He mingled and exchanged hugs with stadium personnel on Philadelphias sideline before the game.INJURIESEagles RG Brandon Brooks was sidelined by an illness for the second time in three games. RT Allen Barbre left with a hamstring injury. ... Redskins S Sua Cravens injured his right biceps in the first quarter. LB Will Compton left with a knee injury. RB Mack Brown sustained a concussion.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL---Follow Rob Maaddi on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP-RobMaaddi ' ' '