Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I eke a Gary Ballance ki te rau mo Ingarangi i te Taite - ko tana rau tuawha i roto i nga Whakamatau e iwa - e kati ana i te tatau ki a Kevin Pietersen i peia kia hoki mai ki te taha ahakoa te aha. Ko te 122 o Ballance te pou matua o te 333 o Ingarangi mo te whitu kua whakapuakihia i mahue i a West Indies e hiahia ana ki te 438 kaore pea kia wikitoria i te Whakamatau tuatahi. I oti i a rātau te rā tuawhā i runga i te 98 mō te rua i muri i tētahi atu hīkoi tino pai a Chris Jordan i hīkoi. I eke a Gary Ballance ki te 122 i te wā i kaha ai te mana o Ingarangi i te whakamātautau tuatahi ki a West Indies i Antigua. Ka tākaro a Ballance i tētahi whiu nui i roto i ana whiringa whakamiharo i te Whare Taonga o Sir Vivian Richards. E whakanui ana a Ballance i te whakatutukitanga o tana rau tau whai muri i tana whakaaturanga patu tino pai i Antigua. Ko Ballance, i whai i te Ipu o te Ao kino, ka mea: 'He hotoke uaua engari e wha nga innings kino kaore koe e waiho hei kaitakaro kirikiti kino. E hiahia ana ahau ki te whakaaro kua noho au ki te nama tuatoru i muri i te raumati whakamutunga. Ko te whiwhinga i te kotahi rau i roto i te tukinga Whakamatau he tino pai. Me koa koe ki te mahi pai,' e ai ki tana whakanui i te rau tau. Ahakoa ko te āhuatanga o Pietersen e noho tonu ana, ka tāpiri atu a Ballance: 'He hākinakina ao tēnei, kāore au i ruarua i taku wāhi. I mohio ahau kua pai taku mahi i mua. Kāore au i haere mai ki konei e whakaaro ana ka hinga ahau. I arotahi ahau ki te whiu i ngā whiu, ā, ko te whiwhi i te rau he mea nui.' Me whai waahi a KP ki te hoki mai ki Ingarangi. Engari kāore he wāhi i roto i te rārangi mō Pietersen. Ko Ballance i te nama tuatoru, ka whai mai ko Ian Bell rāua ko Joe Root, he mea tino tika mō te kapa Ashes i tēnei raumati, i te wā ka 35 a KP. He hononga pakari a Joe Root ki a Ballance, ā, he nui tana mahi ki te taha o te kāinga. E mihi ana a Root ki ngā tūru i muri i tana hawhe rau i te tīmatanga o te rā. Ko te hopu whakamiharo a Jordan i te ringa kotahi i te kaitakaro wa-wā, a Joe Root ki te whakakore i a Darren Bravo, he wā whakahirahira. Ka mea a Ballance: 'He mea nui te mahi a CJ engari e mahi ana ia i nga wa katoa. He ringa whakamiharo tōna.' I whakarāpopototia e Ballance he 'he tino...
I eke a Gary Ballance ki te 122 i te rā tuawha o te whakamātautau tuatahi i Antigua i te Rāhoroi. He pōti pouri a Ballance i te Ipu o te Ao, e 36 noa iho ngā whiwhinga i roto i ngā kēmu e whā. I whakapuakina e Ingarangi i runga i te 333 mo te whitu, ka whakatakoto i te whaainga o te 438 ki te wikitoria. I kati a West Indies i runga i te 98 mo te tokorua e haere ana ki te ra whakamutunga.