Cricket changes its mind. A lot.
I for one am getting thoroughly confused. I’ve been that busy recently that I’ve been a little slack on keeping up with what’s going on in the cricket world. So you can imagine my bewilderment. Brian Lara was captain of the West Indies, was crap, so wasn’t anymore. The he was again, was again crap, and wasn’t again. And goshdarnit if he’s not captain of the West Indies for a third time. It’s true. So how long before they again realise he’s still a crap captain and he gets the arse?
But that’s not all. Because last time I checked, Shahid Alfridi was taking a break from Test cricket. Now it seems that was a complete figment of my imagination as he’s back in the Pakistani Test squad.
And things come in threes – yep, I thought the days of comical cricketing W.G. Grace facial hair were over the day that Merv Hughes (top) hung up his bowling socks. And as King Cricket agrees, South African (of Muslim descent) Hashim Amla (bottom) has made a welcome entry to the test arena – not because of his century against New Zealand – but because of his legendary chinwarmer. And what a boof it is.
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