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Loading ...After Adam Hollioake’s largely unsuccesful Twenty 20 appearances for Essex last season, where is this going to end? Boycott at Yorkshire? Maybe not…
It does seem strange for Surrey to sign Lewis when there is criticism of overseas and Kolpak players denying homegrown talent opportunities.
Chris Lewis reaches half-century on comeback
By Will 2 years ago, mid-April Add your comment below
Chris Lewis, the former England, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Surrey allrounder, is 40-years-young and back with his old London club on a pay-as-you-play contract. He made his comeback today against mighty mighty Middlesex at The Oval and has reached fifty…but not with the bat. His six overs cost 51. Andrew Strauss went a bit bonkers with 163 from 130.
Lewis was one of a clutch of allrounders they tried in the 1990s. Ridiculously gifted, but a little bit wayward. Remember when he shaved his head and subsequently got sunstroke? No fear of that in London today, mind.
Tags: chris lewis, county-cricket, middlesex, surrey |
4 Responses to “Chris Lewis reaches half-century on comeback”
April 20th, 2008 at 3.11 pm
April 20th, 2008 at 3.55 pm
Great shaped head that Lewis.
April 20th, 2008 at 9.37 pm
Philip, I’ve a simple idea to fix that.
In the close season, the ECB decides how many non-England qualified players it wants in county cricket. Let’s say it’s willing to allow 1.5 per team per match. (I’ll stick to the championship to make the working easier.)
It also wants at least 2.5 England-qualified under 25s to play in each match.
So each county has 24 “foreigner” points and 40 “youth” points per season. Allow them to trade FPs and YPs, with the currency being championship points.
A kind of automatic handicapping system.
April 22nd, 2008 at 10.59 am
Hahaha very amusing.
Or at least it would be if i didn’t really like Lewis. I was one of those people who was a big fan of the lad and was always banging on about how he was the answer to Englands problems, and was constantly predicting how great he was going to be. Turned out i was wrong! Oh well, my mates ripped it out of me for a bit but we all soon forgot about it/him.
Until now that is. Why oh why did he have to make the comeback? Now my friends are texting me stuff like “get him back in the England squad. he’s the answer to all our problems!”
Think i’m going to cry!
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