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Tale of two 'keepers rules headlines
August 10, 2007
Martin Johnson is, typically, amused by it all; especially England's attempt to reverse Trent Bridge and do the whole butter doesn't melt in our mouths routine.
India in the United Kingdom 2007
And then this: It may be, given that England would not have had so much flak had their Trent Bridge behaviour been amusing rather than juvenile, that they don't need to change their approach at all, but merely make yet another ECB appointment. Director of Pranks. In which case they need look no further than Ray East, the former Essex spinner.
Once, given out lbw by Jack van Geloven just before tea, East protested to the umpire during the interval that he'd edged the ball into his pads, and came back out after tea heavily disguised under his helmet. Standing at the non-striker's end as the bowler ran in, East removed the lid, turned to Van Geloven and said: "Seriously, Jack, I wasn't out was I?" In which case Sourav Ganguly, similarly seen off by umpire Ian Howell yesterday, might be tempted to try to return to the crease again this morning.
Top: Paul Collingwood and Michael Vaughan celebrates as Ian Howell rules Sourav Ganguly lbw.
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