FCKING BLOG

Italian ancestry beckons Vettori to play in the Serie A and become the only athlete in the world to achieve the triple of 3000 runs, 300 wickets and 300 goals.

Daniel ‘Luca Brasi‘ Vettori is a Kiwi force to be reckoned with. Not a terrifying, make you crap-your-pants kind of force, but one you don’t mess with anyway.

You wonder where Dan would be if he weren’t from Middle Earth.

If he were Indian he would be a discard, if he were Australian he would be a one test wonder. If he were South African you could expect him to play for England anytime soon.

If he were English, he’d be the all rounder vice captain, if he were Bangladeshi, he would be the captain.

If he were Pakistani he’d be spending a lot of time denying statements and in the courts, if he were Sri Lankan he’d be called a chucker and a genius.

If he were West Indian, he’d be sitting at home while a bunch of second string players represented the Board, if he were Zimbabwean, he’d be a farmer…in jail.

But he’s not all that. He’s a New Zealander. He is their best, most dedicated, most untiring, loyal and able servant now.

He knows he will always be in the shadow of Hadlee but raid my castle and have me drawn and quartered if that ever stops him from going about his job.

In his own little unassuming way, he’s made sure that he won’t go down sleeping with the fishes quietly. He is the first slow left armer to take 300 wickets and only the second Kiwi to have made 3000 runs and taken 300 wickets in tests.

Cheers to a wonderful player to have in your cricket team, fantasy or real!

All Rounders are the shit.

Man for man, an all-rounder’s more likely to earn you more points than a pure batsman or a frontline bowler.

It’s a pity there aren’t too many good ones around.

Around the world, two all rounders imposed themselves on the field for historic wins for their respective teams. Andrew Flintoff & Shakib Al Hasan didn’t just raise their arms and get counted, they friggin choked the opposition under their arm pits till the opposition stopped kicking and struggling and gave into sweet surrender.

He'll bowl you out, then chase you down, smoke a cigar and your family will wish you were him.

Flintoff’s burst on the final morning pulled Australia from the cusp of the highest run chase in test history, slammed them mercilessly on hard rock and flung them off a cliff.

He ended with a five-for, England got their first victory at Lord’s in 75 years in an Ashes test and I got 708 points for for making him my trump player.

On the other side of the Atlantic, in the Caribbean, stand-in skipper Shakib engineered Bangladesh’s first series win abroad in ten years as a test playing nation.

He pwned the West Indian batting line up and bowling and his match haul of 8 wickets and 112 runs saw the Toygers create history.

It’s a pity that this series was available on just one crappy fantasy cricket website. It’s a damn crappy website, I’m not putting up the link anywhere in case you’re still curious.

All-rounders: A Salut!