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Always have, always will.

But right now, with batsmen strutting around like international cricket is a Jacuzzi, I like them even more.

Inconsistent bounce is a motherfucker.

But so is bowing for years on end with pitches that give you less help than an Amish IT guru.

So I gave this to cricinfo.

It is my support for pitches that hurt batsmen.

Ofcourse once I support something it usually gets banned forever.

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8 Comments

  1. Peter Della Penna  •  Dec 29, 2009 @11:22

    “I want blood, catastrophe and wickets. I want to know a batsman can bat, not just flay bowlers on wickets flatter than an eight-year-old’s chest.”

    Did Cricinfo edit out the word ‘girl’ at the end of that line to avoid your article popping up on kiddie porn sites?
    Peter Della Penna´s last blog ..Cricket 101, Episode 6 – Traditions: The Boxing Day Test

  2. Jamie64  •  Dec 29, 2009 @12:43

    As an ex opening batsman, who harks back to the pre helmet days, I agree…

  3. alex  •  Dec 29, 2009 @17:23

    Need R rated version here. Cricinfo can have G rated version of the article..

  4. Yawn  •  Dec 29, 2009 @17:23

    Ofcourse once I support something it usually gets banned forever.

    omg! jrod -> sehwag -> omfg!! why jrod why?!

  5. alex  •  Dec 29, 2009 @21:06

    God Spoke.

    Question:
    “It is being said that you are the most dangerous and destructive batsman since Viv Richards…

    Answer:
    Again, I have a long way to go before I can be talked about in the same breath as Sir Viv. I feel I’m too young still. Richards is a legend and it is unfair to compare me to him. But I must admit that it’s a great feeling. That is the way I play. That’s my style. But personally, I do not think I’m in Richards’ class.”

    I concur.

  6. jogesh99  •  Dec 30, 2009 @04:37

    Sobers when asked whether he would wear a helmet: “Whats the bat for?”

  7. Corporate 'Ho  •  Dec 30, 2009 @05:31

    Someone at Cricinfo is gonna lose their job over this article.

    This piece on Cricinfo is like putting a gay version of Irreversible, minus Monica Belluci and plus the rape scene on Disney Channel, Sunday morning.

  8. jrod  •  Dec 30, 2009 @15:41

    PDP, No i just assumed that 8 year old boys and 8 year old girls all have flat chests.

    Ho, don’t compare me to that shit film. Fucken backwards bullshit, how about making a good film and then making it to backwards.