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    Campaign for Rotund Cricketers - CAMRUC

    By Will last year, at the end of August, 16 Comments »

    Hello from Dubai airport - quite possibly the arse-end of the world - where many overfed businessmen have been spotted. Which leads me onto Ramesh Powar, India’s round offspinner; how good it was to see him hustle up to the wicket in the second one-dayer at Bristol. And it’s equally pleasing to read Mike Atherton has also made note of Powar’s waistline.

    “When Chawla was removed from the attack 15 overs later - 15 overs bowled in tandem with the magnificently rotund off-spinner Romesh Powar - England were 214 for five and defeat was inevitable.”

    So let’s start a campaign for the rotund cricketer to make his sizeable presence known. And list your favourite fatties below. I’ll start with the predictable, Mike Gatting - but I also have tremendous respect for WG Grace who, towards the end of his career, appeared to be pregnant with triplets.

    Yours?

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