Thursday, January 05, 2006

The new Boycott?

It seems like Kallis has been up to his old tricks again. He did something similar in the second innings of the last Test against England in South Africa, although I don't remember him running anyone out on that occasion. Is he the most selfish batsman since Boycott? At least Boycott opened the batting. He also played in a different era, when it was more acceptable for players to grind. There was a documentary about Boycott on TV a couple of years ago. Botham was on it, talking about a time when England had been trying to score quick runs to set a target against New Zealand, back in the late seventies. To Boycott's horror, and the rest of the team's glee, Botham had gone out to bat and got Boycott run out. Perhaps some of the rest of the South African team should take a lesson from history. I imagine that Gibbs might be tempted, next time around.

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