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There was a brief period when Jake Lehmann’s T20 record was nothing but hitting a six to win a match. His first ever innings for Adelaide Strikers coincided with the last ball against Hobart Hurricanes. He needed to hit a four. He hit a six, which was also acceptable.
Lehmann is well regarded as a batsman and will be more than welcome at Yorkshire being as he’s the son of their greatest-ever overseas pro. As far as the rest of us are concerned, Lehmann’s ludicrous moustache and foppish floppy hair are far and away his most important qualities.
Lehmann replaces Travis Head whose comedy attributes are largely limited to nomenclature.
This news also gives us a semi-credible reason to publish this picture of a teenage Darren Lehmann.
Taken from this video of his first first-class hundred (which was a double).
> greatest-ever overseas pro.
This isn’t Cricinfo. You won’t get loads of extra comments here by slagging off Tendulkar.
Got one.
Thank goodness, I was worried everything was getting a bit serious on this site.
Really? We’re ashamed of ourself.
So you should be, with that sort of grammar.
I have a photograph on the wall of the Hearne XI displaying a variety of similar moustaches that somehow defined the era. As a collector and seller of Edwardian framed cricket photos I thought it would be novel for a modern cricketer to sport a moustache from yesteryear. After seeing the photo of this young man who is obviously deep in thought about something or other or nothing, I thank KC for banishing such a ridiculous notion. I’m glad I reserved my thinking for an internal monologue save for the anonymity of posting here. Mind you Cook might pull off a pair of rustic mutton chops but as I don’t have Photoshop I’ll never know.
Cook could probably deliver mutton, lamb or hogget chops being as he spends his free time dealing with sheep on a farm.
Oh, right. Broad has Hardy’s, Anderson clothes and face cream , so Cook could back chops, haslet, lights, bangers and finer cuts
Think Trescothick’s got bangers, but the rest’s going spare.
Jake Lehmann should surely be entering the Chap Olympiad this month:
http://www.thechapolympiad.com/
…not dicking around like a larakin signing for Yorkshire CCC.
To pull that off, you need a fatter face. Jake Lehmann needs to work on his eating skills. Dad could help.
Jimmy Anderson gets on board the “hefty cricketers” bandwagon: https://twitter.com/legsidelizzy/status/763145907269492736
Takes a few liberties with chunkyness (how chunky is Rushworth?), but top marks for effort.
Going by the BBC report (linked article) his dad was the first racist cricketer. A true pioneer. What can Boof Jnr do to live up to these lofty standards?
TBF/CBBF for Martin Guptill today (albeit umpire-assisted, by the sound of it) – even overshadowing TGNW. Bowled!
Let;s not forget the tremendous assists he had from Paul Reiffel.
Oh. You didn’t. That’ll teach me to try and multitask.
But look who got man of the series!
“Never in my wildest dreams, I expected to get something like this in the quality group we got. Was hard toil, full credit to the Zimbabwe team. Latham and Nicholls, great catching. I think I’ve shrunk a few centimetres after the series. Has been outstanding. Focus on SA now, a lot of hardwork.”
Shrunk. Few centimetres. I’ll allow you to complete the obvious joke about members of the touring party here, Balladeer…
I couldn’t possibly deprive you of the pleasure dear fellow. Floor’s all yours.
We have no idea what this means.
Very little in the end, being as it was against Zimbabwe.
TBF – to be fair
TGNW – the great neil wagner?
CBBF – something something best friends?
TBF is Test-best figures. CBBF, I can only assume, is Can’t Be Bothered Figures.
Career Best Bowling Figures. YHIHF!
DYNKWEHI
I went to Dynkwehi a couple of years ago but the only cricket there to speak of was played in flip-flops on the beach
He’s batting! He’s batting!!!
Out for 45 was it? Pundits positive appraisal.