I don't like Cricket

Why Barry Beef is right about Mike Hussey

Barry Beef has been cautioning the I don't like Cricket collective against underestimating the splendidly named Mike Hussey. I fear that he may be right.

I have a (albeit tenuous) theory about why he is likely to score a hatful of runs against us this winter (assuming he plays).

The theory goes something like this.

In life, if you have a comedy name you have two options:

1. Face a life of misery and abuse.

2. Fight back and prove the f*ckers wrong.

I always used to think that the reason that the former West Ham player Julian Dicks was a bit of a hard-man was because of the stick he no doubt took for his name.

Likewise Ian Botham. Everyone knows how his name should really be pronounced and the fact that he went on to become one of England's great winners is probably testament to being chased around the playground having "Ian Arse, Ian Arse" chanted at him.

Therefore when Mike "Your mum's a bit of a" Hussey has a successful winter it will be proof of a strength of character developed as a result of having a stupid name.

The fact that there are two successful Cricket-playing Husseys, I think, merely proves my point...

posted by cov @ 4:15 pm