Funny turns of phrase and descriptions!
In the Lord's Test yesterday, Strauss was involved in a mixup with Ian Bell and eventually had him run out....by Inzamam, universally acknowledged as one of the slowest fielders on the planet.
One particularly noteworthy reaction follows:
You could say that Bell was unlucky to be run out by a direct hit from Inzamam, which is cricket's equivalent to being killed by a falling meteor while out walking the dog on Dartmoor. If International Cricket Council regulations permitted, the Pakistani captain would employ a butler to do his fielding for him.
Martin Johnson in the Telegraph
More:
In the first innings, it was Paul Collingwood who almost paid the price for a madcap dash to get Alastair Cook to his hundred, and yesterday Ian Bell was offered up in the kind of sacrifice associated with the Druids during a full moon over Stonehenge.
Some more:
Bell was clearly startled to be called for a single when Strauss hit the ball to short midwicket but, being the diffident sort of chap he is, he declined to exercise his right to remain where he was, and was run out by Inzamam-ul-Haq's direct hit.
Johnson in fine form here:
The most frantic moments of the match have come with England batsmen on 99, at which point the urge to get your name on the pavilion honours board persuades a normally rational individual that he can cover 22 yards in the kind of speed which requires reverse-thrust parachutes to bring you to a halt before embedding yourself in the sight-screen.
He's really laying into the players here :D :
In scoring a double century Yousuf got to kiss the Lord's turf twice, though on the second occasion he curiously planted a smacker on the pitch next door - becoming the first man to make hallow the 22 yards allocated for a game between Middlesex and Durham.
This guy's good. Must read his articles more regularly in future. ROTFL stuff.
One particularly noteworthy reaction follows:
You could say that Bell was unlucky to be run out by a direct hit from Inzamam, which is cricket's equivalent to being killed by a falling meteor while out walking the dog on Dartmoor. If International Cricket Council regulations permitted, the Pakistani captain would employ a butler to do his fielding for him.
Martin Johnson in the Telegraph
More:
In the first innings, it was Paul Collingwood who almost paid the price for a madcap dash to get Alastair Cook to his hundred, and yesterday Ian Bell was offered up in the kind of sacrifice associated with the Druids during a full moon over Stonehenge.
Some more:
Bell was clearly startled to be called for a single when Strauss hit the ball to short midwicket but, being the diffident sort of chap he is, he declined to exercise his right to remain where he was, and was run out by Inzamam-ul-Haq's direct hit.
Johnson in fine form here:
The most frantic moments of the match have come with England batsmen on 99, at which point the urge to get your name on the pavilion honours board persuades a normally rational individual that he can cover 22 yards in the kind of speed which requires reverse-thrust parachutes to bring you to a halt before embedding yourself in the sight-screen.
He's really laying into the players here :D :
In scoring a double century Yousuf got to kiss the Lord's turf twice, though on the second occasion he curiously planted a smacker on the pitch next door - becoming the first man to make hallow the 22 yards allocated for a game between Middlesex and Durham.
This guy's good. Must read his articles more regularly in future. ROTFL stuff.
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