What he said:
“I am an easy man to please and one of the greatest pleasures is taking money off Mark Boucher on the golf course.”
Jacques Kallis finds SA and Kolkatta Knightriders team-mate easy meat on the links.
What he really meant:
“Pocket money’s always welcome.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“I’d continue playing Mark is if I kept losing.”
Ricky Ponting has decided to take up professional golf.
Seriously.
It’s that damned fool Gary Player who’s been filling his head with these ideas.
Player did not even know who Ricky was when he first met him. But can he recognise a fine swing or what?
What next?
What he said:
“The way you hit the ball, you’re wasting your time playing cricket.”
South African golfing great, Gary Player, to Ricky Ponting on watching him golf.
What he meant:
“You can drive even better on the golf course.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“Cricket’s for cows.”
“You’re the next Tiger Woods.”