equatorWe all knew it was coming.
Some people will be sad, romantic types.
Some people will be glad, action film types.
Ol’ Perfect Boyfriend, Jacob Oram, is planning on giving up test cricket so he can play with white balls for longer.
I know you’re shocked.
This year he has played the same amount of tests that I have played. And was overlooked for James Franklin in the series against India.
Oram is following a trend of New Zealand cricketers, Stryis, Bond and Cairns at the top, of kiwis who gave up on test cricket before they gave up on international cricket.
His masculine batting and his feminine bowling make him a handy test player to have, batting average of 37, bowling of 31, and in ’08 he was the hardest bowler to get away in test cricket.
It has been clear to all of us that his heart isn’t in test cricket, according to Craig McMillan he is soft, according to me he is a jelly bean player.
Test cricket is just too long for him, 5 days, that is an obscene amount of time, he has to get his hair permed, get to the gym, have his rim job from Ian Smith, and prepare for the next 2020 tournament.
How can you do all that if you are a test player?
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The funny thing about this interview is that it’s basically had no coverage in NZ.
I guess people just thought they were suddenly listening to last year’s news.
I can’t blame the guy really. Bowling 40 overs in a test match is insane. Look at baseball pitchers, they throw like 100 pitches every five days, that’s much less than bowlers in cricket, and bowling is way harder on the body. Humans weren’t designed to take that kind of stress. Back in the day when they played half as much cricket, bowlers could recover, but not now.
Oram is smart, why pick up a bunch of injuries for NZ, which are never going to be #1 in Tests anyway, when you could cash in on the T20 leagues in a format where you are a much better player. Man’s gotta eat.
just a small fact…
Oram wasn’t overlooked for the Indian Test Series, it was more he decided that he wanted time to prime his body for the IPL and feigned an archillies injury.
How many jellybean players are currently still trying to play international cricket in some form? Is there a starting 11?
Let me start the list with Freddie fuking Flintoff. “oh i am fitter than ever, form of my life” — shit head.
Oram is a girl. In my day we bowled 50 eight ball overs a day, and played back to back tests. On roads mind you.
No wonder NZ are so useless. Their players are just soft.
Except for TWGA (The Worlds greatest Allrounder) James Franklin. (He bats at six you know and takes the new pill…)