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Golden balls
2 years ago, at the end of MayGutted about the latest no-show from the West Indies, although I guess that if England can’t win a Test match in early season freezing Headingley against a team of under-prepared novices from the Caribbean, then we never will. Hardly a level playing field.
Of course, it wasn’t just England handing out a thumping this weekend. India gained some sort of revenge for the ignominious defeat at the World Cup, by dismantling Bangladesh. At 408 for 0, has there ever been a worse decision to bowl first? (Well, yes, Nasser, probably…)
My sympathies go to Javed Omar. A first ball duck is never a good feeling, as I reminded myself in a 20-20 match last week. I’ve earned the Primary Club tie on my mantlepiece many times over (five, at least), but I’ll put another note in their online bucket (www.primaryclub.org) for good measure. I’ve also got two diamond ducks (first ball of the innings) on my CV, which is enough disappointment for one lifetime, I hope. Can anyone better that?
Poor old Javed can, I’m sure, as he bagged two in the match. Has that ever happened before? In fact, what do you call that? Is it a King Diamond Pair? Or a Sapphire Pair? Did anyone see the commentary – I suspect someone answered that at the time?
McGrath wants money for runs
4 years ago, mid-JuneOr rather, he wants the money to go to charity. Amusing article here:
“I am writing to you as a fellow cricketer and supporter, and as a too frequent contributor to the Primary Club’s disabled and handicapped sporting charities through my regular “golden ducks” scored in international cricket.
The tongue-in-cheek letter says, “Buoyed by my much publicised recent success as a batsman but restrained by an appropriate sense of modesty I have agreed to lend my name to the Club’s proposal to invite members to donate Aus $1 (approx Rs 34) to the Primary Club for every run that I score in each of the Ashes Test matches in England from July to September 2005.
But before you fall off your chair at this unlikely charitable gesture by Moody McGrath, read on:
McGrath continues in jocular vein, “You might speculate that I have ulterior motives and that this is my way of pressurising Mr Ponting, my captain, into promoting me up the batting order.
“But if this challenge thrown out by the Primary Club results in more public attention being given to runs I might score at number 11, then my chances of moving up the order might be increased,” he says.
Good stuff! More on the Primary Club at their site here. Anyone prepared to take a punt on how much he’ll raise this summer? Shot in the dark from me: $64
