Complex sentence: Before the match a local businessman had promised £100 to the first English batsman to hit a six and realising that the innings was soon to close the stonewaller extraordinaire Trevor Bailey hit Ian Johnson into the stands for the prize.
Split into simpler sentences: Before the match a local businessman had promised £100 to the first English batsman to hit a six. Realising that the innings was soon to close, the stonewaller extraordinaire Trevor Bailey hit Ian Johnson into the stands for the prize.