"There is an air of the Artful Dodger about Dan Lawrence… he looks to steal from bowlers' pockets."
That was the assessment of former England batsman Mark Butcher as Dan Lawrence peppered the boundary on his way to a highest Test score of 91 on day one of the second Test between England and the West Indies in Barbados.
Lawrence provided some much-needed impetus in the second half of a day that England dominated, but one in which the tourists were ticking along scoring at less than two runs an over - 80 runs coming off the first 45 overs - until his arrival in the middle ignited their first innings effort.
Lawrence struck 13 boundaries and one six in his 91 off 150, sharing a superb 164-run stand with skipper Joe Root (119no), before his and England's day was somewhat soured with his dismissal off what proved to be the final ball of the day.
Lawrence's strength, his cavalier strokeplay that had served him so well to that point, was ultimately his undoing as he attempted to strike a third boundary in succession at a point at which most would be looking to just safely negotiate the final two deliveries of the day through to stumps.
