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Kerry O’Keeffe: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
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Kerry O’Keeffe Has The Final Word On P Hughes
What he said (via ESPN Cricinfo):
“If P Hughes is shaving tomorrow and gets a nick,M Guptill will appear from the medicine cabinet with a band-aid.”
ABC radio commentator Kerry O’Keeffe sums it up—succinctly—when Phillip Hughes departed once again in the second Test at Hobart—caught M Guptill, bowled C Martin.
This was the fourth instance in the two-match series that the Australian batting scorecard read as above.
The Tweetosphere was abuzz with reactions to Hughes’ unfortunate predilection.
Sample a couple via The Wall:
“Initially thought Chris Martin was giving Phil Hughes a send-off – turns out he was giving him some batting tips.”
“If Phillip Hughes was cheating on his girlfriend Guptill would be the one who caught him out!”
What he really meant:
“Nicks, cuts, Guptill, Martin and Hughes—The Inseparables.”
What he definitely didn’t:
Graeme Swann: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
Graeme Swann Reiterates That Skippers Are To The Manner Born
What he said (via Daily Mail):
"It’s an honest book and anyone reading it will realize that the one person getting assassinated in it is myself.”
Graeme Swann makes no apologies for his remarks concerning Kevin Pietersen’s leadership in his autobiography,The Breaks Are Off.
Speaking to Paul Newman, Swann said:
I completely stand by what I said that Kev is not a natural leader of men. I only know two people from my time who I’d put in that category. One is Stephen Fleming and the other is Andrew Strauss. It’s that rare.
You can have good captains but to be an absolute natural leader, like a Mike Brearley, is a rarity. I certainly don’t consider myself one when I’ve captained and I don’t think Alastair Cook is. He’s a good captain but it just doesn’t come as naturally to him. Straussy was born to be England captain. Fleming was born to be a captain. I just don’t think people took what I wrote in context.
Defending his frankness, Swann said:
What it boils down to is that it can be OK to do a book but make sure you don’t say anything – and that’s not me. I would never forgive myself if I went through my career kowtowing to people and being a yes man. And I would never have forgiven myself if I’d pulled my punches. It’s an honest book and anyone reading it will realise that the one person getting assassinated in it is myself.
I rip myself to pieces because that’s how I feel about my career before it took off. I look back in embarrassment at a lot of it and I want that to come across. I don’t want to pretend I’ve always been in the right and everyone else has been wrong. I fully realise you’re responsible for everything in your life and I live by that.
Swann adds:
“When I wrote it I didn’t think it was controversial in the slightest because I didn’t say anything in the book that I wouldn’t say in an interview. Some people who applaud me for being honest suddenly turned on me.”
What he really meant:
“Of course, I’m assuming my readers are perspicacious.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“My royalties are killing me.”
Suresh Raina: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
Suresh Raina Duets Not With Virender Sehwag
What he said (via Times Of India):
"No, I was only on 30 at that time. So, I did not."
Suresh Raina, unlike his batting partner Virender Sehwag, preferred not to make a song-and-dance of his modest score—in comparison.
Raina was replying to a query whether he joined his illustrious senior in humming Kishore Kumar melodies during the Delhi blaster’s record-breaking 219 at Indore.
Raina said:
"He was playing very well with no tension. That day, he was singing some Kishore Kumar songs. He was not feeling any kind of tension."
The young southpaw was addressing the India Today Youth Summit.
What he really meant:
“I was left spellbound and breathless by Viru’s audacious shot-making. How could I?”
What he definitely didn’t:
“I’m a Mohammad Rafi fan.Ghazals are more my scene.”
Viv Richards: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
Vivian Richards And The Games People Play
What he said (via Times Of India):
“The WICB have been very naughty.”
Sir Vivian Richards bats for Chris Gayle.
The dashing Jamaican opener has been kept out of the West Indian side for criticising Dr. Ernest Hilaire and his colleagues for their high-handedness and arrogance.
Richards squarely laid the blame—for the current state of Caribbean cricket—at the doorstep of the West Indian Cricket Board (WICB) .
Richards said:
"There have been some good signs coming out of the team of late, but really, we need to improve more. We are in a transitional stage."
Richards believes that Chris Gayle deserves to be in the Test side.
The original master blaster added:
We have a board that is totally dictatorial and they won’t budge on their thoughts with Chris. The WICB had also asked for a commission to undertake a wide look at the governance of cricket in the West Indies. Now some findings have come back to them and the WICB were not too happy in its findings.
Chris Gayle has a case and the board should find a resolution in the matter ASAP as it is really sad how they have treated him.
The board has not released the findings of the commission and haven’t been upfront with everyone. They have put up a smoke screen and they have been far too dictatorial and someone has to take them on and Chris Gayle is doing that. I wish him luck and I am totally supporting Chris and we need to take these guys on … The WICB have been very naughty.
What he really meant:
“The WICB are acting like spoilt children—wielding the rod.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“Yay! The freshly minted West Indian cricketing anthem—Games People Play.”
Virender Sehwag: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
Virender Sehwag Is An Old Man At 33
What he said (via Reuters):
"I’m very tired because I’m a 33-year-old. I’m an old man and my back and glutes are tight."
Virender Sehwag excuses himself from fielding after scoring an epic 219 in the fourth ODI against West Indies at Indore.
Sehwag said:
Everybody was expecting me to score a double hundred and I think I lived (up to the) expectation..
Whenever I wanted to hit a ball, I hit into the gaps and it went for four. Whenever I wanted to hit a six, I just tried to hit it with a straight bat.
I was telling myself and Gautam Gambhir that if we batted with a little patience, we could score a big one here.
Sehwag was grassed on 170 by his West Indian counterpart, Darren Sammy.
Sehwag said:
"When Sammy dropped my catch, I thought God is with me and God is telling me ‘just bat until 45th-46th over and you will achieve your 200’.”
What he really meant:
“Post this knock, I just have enough energy to sit on my a**—literally”
What he definitely didn’t:
“Next stop, the Mumbai marathon.”
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