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Kiwi invasion
By Will 2 years ago, at the start of June, 1 Comment »
From the Daily Telegraph:
1 Comment »County supporters, brace yourselves for the second wave of the Kiwi invasion. Now that their tour of duty in South Africa is finished, the New Zealanders have no more commitments for months, which makes them doubly attractive to all the anxious counties who have lost their overseas players to Australia’s A tour.
The four men already signed up are captain Stephen Fleming (Nottinghamshire), Daniel Vettori (Warwickshire), Hamish Marshall (Gloucestershire) and James Franklin (Glamorgan). Now Nathan Astle (Lancashire), Jacob Oram (Kent) and Lou Vincent (Worcestershire) are on their way over to join them. We are well on the way to getting the full team. The one major player missing is Shane Bond, who is - as usual - injured.
Lou Vincent’s 224. And tiddle.
By Will 3 years ago, mid-April, No Comments; be the first!
Long been a fan of Vincent since he made that debut hundred against Australia. Looked like a real gem, and perhaps this 224 will really be the making of him. Amusing aside in this article:
No Comments »Vincent was chanceless through to 193 when he was dropped by Jayasuriya in the deep in the last over before tea. He conceded that his batting partner Paul Wiseman had whispered “tiddle” as they crossed mid-pitch. Tiddle is the team’s code word to put the mockers on the outfielder.
“I thought there was no way he would drop that. Then I heard Wizzer shout out `tiddle!’. I love him.”
