Saturday, April 25, 2009

Andre Nel - the complete bowler?

So, Andre Nel has retired...

Was he the complete bowler? Well, not quite - but just think of all his variations:

1. The fast-medium delivery speared in straight at the stumps from wide of the crease with a wide-eyed glare;

2. the fast-medium delivery speared in straight at the stumps from wide of the crease with a narrow-eyed glare;

3. the fast-medium delivery speared in straight at the stumps from wide of the crease with mouth open, roaring;

4. the fast-medium delivery speared in straight at the stumps from wide of the crease with bared-teeth;

5. the fast-medium delivery speared in straight at the stumps from wide of the crease with tongue hanging-out…

All he needed was a fast-medium delivery speared in straight at the stumps from wide of the crease with mouth in the shape of an O, and he would have been the complete bowler.