Comments on: The embiggening of Stuart Broad

By: Bail-out

Bail-out — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 12:18:13 +0000

In reply to Sam. Excellent stattery. Wonder who the one was?

By: Disillusioned

Disillusioned — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 11:06:38 +0000

Broad writes for the Mail?!

Oh dear God!! That’s a revelation I could have done without. Now I’m sad. 🙁

By: Ged Ladd

Ged Ladd — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 23:40:08 +0000

Stuart Broad is a big personality – an attribute which is in increasingly short supply throughout the sporting world.

But I hope this 10 feet tall thing is not intended as some sort of Brexity/Rees Mogg/Imperial measurements statement. We don’t need Stuart Broad to tell us that “I feel 304.8 cm tall” just doesn’t have the same ring to it.

Still, three cheers for Stuart Broad. He has an uncanny knack of conjuring up a magic spell and/or winding up the oppo.

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 17:48:00 +0000

Will Jefferson first class bowling record:

Overs: 20 Runs: 60 Wickets: 1 Best bowling: 1/16

By: King Cricket

King Cricket — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 15:42:46 +0000

In reply to Professor Colin Abernathy. We always find it weird when a tremendously tall cricketer doesn't bowl. Somehow, in our head, it's a straightforward decision on whether or not to bowl that decides whether you become a Test bowler or not.

By: Professor Colin Abernathy

Professor Colin Abernathy — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 14:59:29 +0000

It feels as if we’re reaching Prime Broad: even his action looked sillier in the first Test than I remember from his Ashes cameos. Although if he’s emboldened any further, he might start celebrappealing before the ball leaves his hand.

On the subject of bowlers and height: it occurred to me, while desperately trying to justify keeping Zak Crawley in the England team, that it wouldn’t hurt him to bowl a bit. Even a spot of half-decent off-spin from that height would be a useful addition, and it might calm him down a bit…