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| C350 Posted on 01/07/2010 14:30 Don't call me baldy | Email Message To A Friend | Reply To Message | Report Message |
| A bit of light relief from the traumas of following the county championship, T20 and slagging off ( deservedly) the ECB and the perpetual absence of Yorkshire players who are called to act as 12th man for England or play in pointless Lions games. Don't call me baldy identifies those cricketers who are not prepared to sit back and allow a follicle challenge to dominate their lives, but have taken the step towards advanced hair studios, or similar. Definate sightings preferred and mine include, in batting order:- Graham Gooch Geoff Boycott Michael Vaughan Greg Matthews Shane Warne Rana (possible) | |
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| Boycs_Panama_Hat Posted on 01/07/2010 15:19 Don't call me baldy | Email Message To A Friend | Reply To Message |
| you should include Chris Lewis after his escapade when he shaved his head in the Windies only to then get sunstroke, although compared to what he got when he last visited the Windies (a prison sentence) he may think he got off lightly with sunstroke. I suspect he grew his hair after or learnt to cover up his bald head via a sunhat. | |
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| C350 Posted on 01/07/2010 15:24 Don't call me baldy | Email Message To A Friend | Reply To Message |
| Wasn't that the tour when he was bowling and Lara went past Sobers' record with a pull off Lewis? | |
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| Kenny_Shovel Posted on 01/07/2010 15:53 Don't call me baldy | Email Message To A Friend | Reply To Message |
| Kabir Ali Doug "The Rug" Bollinger | |
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| C350 Posted on 01/07/2010 16:12 Don't call me baldy | Email Message To A Friend | Reply To Message |
| Doug "the rug" is a good one. I'd forgotton him. In the Champions' Trophy I think it was, someone rearly pulled out his transplant when he took a wicket in the semi final and you could see from his face how much it hurt. So, revised batting order Graham Gooch Geoff Boycott Michael Vaughan Greg Matthews Shane Warne Kabir Ali Rana (possibly) Doug "the rug" Bollinger Do we have a keeper anywhere? | |
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| ForwardDefensive Posted on 02/07/2010 12:30 Don't call me baldy | Email Message To A Friend | Reply To Message |
| Someone explain to me, please, why any man over (say) 35 would give a monkeys whether he had any hair or not. Who do these ex-cricketers, above, think they're fooling? For the record, I've retained most of mine into my 60s, and not too grey either, so people sometimes think I'm younger than I am - which would be ok if it stopped the aches and pains. | |
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| dpressed Posted on 02/07/2010 13:51 Don't call me baldy | Email Message To A Friend | Reply To Message |
| As someone who mush have used wash & go when he was younger I can understand how they feel ... some people laughed at Willian Hague for wearing a baseball cap .. don't they realise that's it to stop the top of his head from getting burnt. I'll never forget one of the last times I visited Abbeydael. It was a bright but cloudy day so I didn't bother with a hat ... when I got into tohe show they probably heard my screem 3 streets away .. the top of my head was badly sunburnt ... from then on ifI'm watching cricket I have a hat on my dead ... even if its cloudy | |
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| C350 Posted on 02/07/2010 16:47 Don't call me baldy | Email Message To A Friend | Reply To Message |
| Vanity, I presume, FD. Sunhats are sensibe precautions, for the face as well, which is why I wear a baseball cap in really hot weather, as the peak shades my face. I remember a fast bowler I used to play against at one time and who had a much better "Bobby Charlton" than BC himself. He'd have been about 30 and was heavily built, with a mop of blondish hair that bobbed up and down a bit as he ran in. But in his delivery stride his head went to one side and all his hair flopped over as well, hanging down to his shoulder on that side, revealing a bald and gleaming boko. As he walked back he's brush the hair back into place then run in again for a repeat performance. The first time I faced him ( I was opener) I found it difficult not to follow his hair instead of the ball. His action was a bit like Mel Ryan's, but the top of his boko wasn't. | |
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| C350 Posted on 05/07/2010 13:14 Don't call me baldy | Email Message To A Friend | Reply To Message |
| jt another little point on the general subject of baldness, in cricketing circles, I watched Cricket Writers on TV yesterday and was struck by the appearances of Stephen " sledger" Brenkley and Paul "Wal" Allott. The Sledger is as bald as Allott, but seems prepared to accept the situation, having a bit of side hair and a few whisps on top, whereas "Wal" carelully combs what remains of his hair forward and spreads it out as much as possible, to give the appearance of more hair on top than is the case, naturally. If he just left it he'd be completely bald on top, but he prefers a "90 % Bobby Charlton". Unfortunately, I've never seen him facing a real headwind. | |
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