Comments on: In praise of part-time bowlers https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/in-praise-of-part-time-bowlers/2017/12/30/ Independent and irreverent cricket writing Mon, 01 Jan 2018 15:54:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.3 By: Edwardian https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/in-praise-of-part-time-bowlers/2017/12/30/#comment-254067 Sun, 31 Dec 2017 16:37:39 +0000 https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=19250#comment-254067 Stevie Wonder also loved Part-Time Bowlers:
We are batters by day, bowlers by night
Knowing it’s so wrong, but feeling so right

]]> By: Steve https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/in-praise-of-part-time-bowlers/2017/12/30/#comment-254066 Sun, 31 Dec 2017 16:18:42 +0000 https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=19250#comment-254066 The thing is, I remember when Vince bowled a little stint last year it causing absolute havoc. At absolute worst, a 3 over spell might go for 20.

I don’t think I’ve ever endorsed a KC post more

]]> By: Ged https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/in-praise-of-part-time-bowlers/2017/12/30/#comment-254065 Sun, 31 Dec 2017 16:01:44 +0000 https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=19250#comment-254065 A little trip down memory lane, from the good old days when England were expecting to win test matches at home and away…

…and the strawberries, what amazing strawberries…

http://ianlouisharris.com/2011/06/03/england-v-sri-lanka-day-one-lords-3-june-2011/

A very happy new year to all who hang out here at King Cricket.

]]> By: JB https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/in-praise-of-part-time-bowlers/2017/12/30/#comment-254064 Sun, 31 Dec 2017 09:22:20 +0000 https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=19250#comment-254064 Not only is he England’s all time top run scorer, but Cook has to be one of the filthiest purveyors of filth I’ve seen. And he’s got a bowling average of 7.

Come on Joe. Give him a trundle.

]]> By: Ged https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/in-praise-of-part-time-bowlers/2017/12/30/#comment-254063 Sun, 31 Dec 2017 07:55:26 +0000 https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=19250#comment-254063 In reply to daneel.

You are SO 1990s, daneel.

]]> By: daneel https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/in-praise-of-part-time-bowlers/2017/12/30/#comment-254062 Sat, 30 Dec 2017 17:50:14 +0000 https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=19250#comment-254062 I liked it when they picked Ronnie Irani and right arm filth was a full-time option.

]]> By: Sam https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/in-praise-of-part-time-bowlers/2017/12/30/#comment-254061 Sat, 30 Dec 2017 13:39:18 +0000 https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=19250#comment-254061 In reply to King Cricket.

Ian Bell and filth in the same thread. Two of my favorite things.

]]> By: Alec https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/in-praise-of-part-time-bowlers/2017/12/30/#comment-254060 Sat, 30 Dec 2017 12:53:39 +0000 https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=19250#comment-254060 In reply to King Cricket.

Annoyingly, as VC in India he bowled himself when Alastair Cook left the field for a comfort break (or getting his batteries replaced), and instantly took a wicket.

His bowling is actually better than Steve Smith’s, whose entire career started as a chubby blonde legspinner (who as a result has taken Ian Bell’s wicket in ludicrous fashion)

]]> By: King Cricket https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/in-praise-of-part-time-bowlers/2017/12/30/#comment-254059 Sat, 30 Dec 2017 12:42:03 +0000 https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=19250#comment-254059 In reply to Ged.

Part-timer bowler captains always err on the side of hardly ever bowling themselves. Very annoying.

]]> By: Ged https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/in-praise-of-part-time-bowlers/2017/12/30/#comment-254058 Sat, 30 Dec 2017 12:33:44 +0000 https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=19250#comment-254058 In the wee small hours of the morning, Daisy did not express this point of yours with the same depth of logic, practical examples and informed opinion.

But she did express the same point.

I think she said, “why the hell doesn’t Joe Root bowl himself more often?”

Was the expletive “hell” or was it “fuck”?

Anyway, you get the idea. And the Daisy seal of approval. Not bad for a Saturday morning.

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