Moses shows the way
Moises Henriques with his 9 ball burst, managed to answer all doubts about God's existence and also about the loyalty of the 'foreign' players playing in the IPL. Managing to bowl 5 (or was it 6? Couldn't watch the last 3 balls clearly due to the tears of joy in one's eyes) full tosses at a comfortable height for the batter to smash out of the ground, is no mean achievement and Moises showed the way to all followers of Cricket on how to go about doing it.
But this is no rant against poor Henriques. The performances of the other 'foreign' players in the ongoing CLT20 were beginning to raise doubts if they were sending their body doubles to play the IPL. Duminy, Bravo, Brett Lee, David Hussey, Brad Hodge actually seemed to be decent players when playing for their local teams. A few of them even looked like future Pricks to some esteemed commentators.
Now, this was not cricket. Guys like Duminy, Bravo and Hodge were not reflecting the spirit of their IPL teams. Bravo and Duminy were supposed to choke ala MIndians. Hodge was supposed to implode. Nada.. Didn't happen. There was a complete lack of loyalty shown by all these stars to their respective desi IPL teams.
But along came Polly (Pollard for the uninititated) and made a few secret loyalists betray their true loyalties. Simon Katich betrayed his KPXI genes by insisiting on giving another over to Moses after his previuos had fetched 27. Yuvi would be proud of his protege. Moses after a few good performances in the earlier matches showed his true KKR colours in those 9 balls. Buchanan will be taking notes copiously in his attic for his next book as another black mark against SMG (He was in the commentary team).
Cameron White's name is being overlooked by many for his act of loyalty to RCB as well. He didn"t play most of the RCB matches in IPL. He is continuing to do the same for Victoria. White comes on the field, stands, doesn't ball on a square turner (remember he was picked as a specialist spinner for the last Test series in India), generally talks to his bowlers, claps and goes back to the dug out. Then watches his top 4 batters get most of the runs, walks to the middle, scores 8 off 10, walks back with the match in his pocket. Jennings must be cursing himself for overlooking the talent of this outstanding (literally) leech.
Who'll be the next loyalist to come out of the closet? Time will tell and one is waiting with baited breath.