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Sweet taste of failure?
By Will 2 years ago, at the end of August Add your comment below
Patrick reminds us that the furore surrounding Marcus Trescothick’s, er, revelation about the Murray Mints involved the 2001 Ashes, not 2005 as widely published by the media. And me. England, of course, lost the 2001 contest, “proving that when it comes to cheating, we suck” (nice line, Padders!).
He has more to say:
But bowlers have always tried to give themselves an advantage and generally, unless it has been blatant, umpires have turned a blind eye. Suncream-laden sweat or lip balm has the same effect on leather as mint-infused saliva. Why do you think so many bowlers in the 1950s wore Brylcreem? In 1921, Johnny Douglas, the England captain, threatened to report Arthur Mailey, the Australia leg spinner, for using resin to grip the ball. Mailey countered by pointing out that Douglas’s thumbnail was worn to the bone by picking at the ball’s seam to aid his own bowlers.
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2 Responses to “Sweet taste of failure?”
August 27th, 2008 at 8.33 pm
August 28th, 2008 at 5.00 pm
True indeed. Page 266. It’s because of the scandalous allegations some commenters on here made about his marriage.
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