On the second morning of a match against South Australia in Sydney in 1955 New South Wales captain Keith Miller, at the end of his first over, said to team mate Alan Davidson: “There’s nothing in this wicket for me. I’ll have just one more over, then you can take over.” Miller, who had closed the NSW innings late the previous afternoon at 8/215, captured three wickets in his “last over” and changed his mind. Not that Miller had a long spell of bowling. He was in his eighth over when the South Australian innings ended, having taken 7/12 off 59 balls with five of his victims being bowled. All out for 27, SA followed on and made 252 in its second innings before losing the game by nine wickets.
We are all just days away from immortality on the hallowed turf that is the MCG at Maribyrnong Action Indoor Sports Centre. Should we win it from here, all of Ross' dropped catches this season shall be a thing of the past. John's 6 match ban for Anger Management Issues, will be nothing but a little joke. And Marty, well he'll still be Marty.
In preparation for this momentous occasion, this site has been designed to be the central hub for the rap-scallion group of misfits that has become the Keith Miller Allstars. No more shall our IT departments be inundated with witty comebacks, derogatory match reports or soft porn. We can do all our bidding here, online email free.
I have found a way to track our basic stats, and some of the lesser known stats will also make their way to this site. Everybody will be given access to post their own match reports, comment on others - and they'll be kept here for posterity, so no season will ever go uncelebrated again.
Go forth Keith Miller Allstars, go forth - for this week, we will be no longer Mortals, but Keith himself will dub us his almighty Allstars.
Credo suck.
Monday, June 23, 2008
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