Coaches, go find yourselves a chucker!
Pakistan have one and he ripped through England like a razor blade on Prednisone.
Australia have one and he tore apart the flailing efforts of a hapless Kiwi one day squad.
So, to all the coaches of under 11, under 15 or under-performing cricket clubs around the globe, this message is for you. Go find yourselves a top class chucker.
To follow in the glorious footmarks of the best test teams that history has conjured up, you need to secure the services of a bowler with a hyper-extended elbow, and then keep them under the gaze of the ICC.
Don’t worry though, the latter part is easy.
Be careful not to “coach out†their imperfect action, for it is in their illegality that your destiny awaits. Worry not that your young prodigy knows not where the ball is going, just delight in its sheer velocity.
Constantly praise their whippy actions and applaud their imperfections. For then, you can sit back, relax and wait for the glory days to come.
And should your young chucker progress to the ranks of test player status, do not fret that their career will abruptly be terminated by the watchful gaze of the human movement specialists. By that time, the ICC will have decreed that 30 degrees of flexation is acceptable.
Posted: December 5th, 2005 under Cricket.
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