This is a really fun one, Bill, and revealing way beyond cricket, as you of
course know. There's something quite wonderful here. Sheila
On Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 5:10 PM Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Sorry, Doug, cricket again.
>
>
> Whereas there exists
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> a vast array of shots open
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> to a batsman of calibre -
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>
> the imperious cut shot,
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> the swashbuckling sweep,
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> the full-blooded drive,
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>
> the pull shot, the hook,
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> the subtle glance,
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> the flick, the nudge even -
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>
> only two shots
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> were available to me:
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> the block and the hit.
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>
> Just wanted to get
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> bat on ball. The lurch forward
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> or the lash out.
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>
> The other option
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> denied mugs like me
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> was the leave,
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>
> the assessed ball
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> rocketing towards you
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> or digging in and jagging
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>
> to leg or off, the delivery
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> dismissed as unthreatening
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> treated with a disdainful
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>
> shouldering of arms or simply
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> sniffed at. Unreachable wides
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> don’t count as leaves
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>
> We mugs we just
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> stood before stumps
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> blunting or swatting
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>
> Who’s to say
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> we didn’t have
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> just as much fun
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>
> bw
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