The firepower in Adelaide – Australia boosts its bowling attack with Jason Gillespie statue
Ricky Ponting is a sneaky little, ferret looking man who used to score a lot of runs. However, like many other sneaky little, ferret looking men, he always has a trick up his sleeve. With the sad demise of the Australian fast bowler
Mitchell ‘tattooed’ Johnson, who was thrashed mercilessly at the Gabba, the Kangaroos felt that Johnson shouldn’t be alone in his shame. So they offered up Harris and Bollinger, who too, were mercilessly thrashed by the Englishmen who are annoyingly in form
these days.
Surely the sneaky, little ferret look alike could not possibly allow such a merciless thrashing. So what did he do, besides getting a golden duck for himself, he had the authorities unveil a Jason Gillespie statue at the Adelaide
Oval. It was a surprising move, if we are to take into account Jason’s hair and his general aura. It was a strange move indeed.
However as the day progressed it became evidently clear why Jason was inducted by the Australians at the Adelaide Oval. He was clearly the best bowler in the Australian camp. He offered a lot of versatility as well. Not only did
he bowl with the average kookaburra ball, he bowled with whatever was provided to him. He also had ample time to have some innocent fun with the fans. He bowled with beer cans and plastic glasses.
Had Ponting been in charge of this particular statue, he would have asked it to fire some misdirected balls to be hit for boundaries on short legside, or bowl wayward deliveries past the off-stump so that the English batsmen do
not even have a chance at bringing their bats to it. However the statue stood there in all its pomp and glory unadulterated with Ricky Ponting’s inane bantering.
Ricky Ponting is having a bad Ashes series and the reason for that could be that his Marie Antoinette Syndrome took a real bashing at the first Test at the Gabba. Cook managed to burst the pomp gland in Ricky Ponting’s snobbish
bladder, which has left the Punter completely devastated. It has been a while since he has made any statements on TV to reiterate points and facts that have already been mentioned by him earlier.
Jason Gillespie however was at his sublime best. He stood there unperturbed by the hostile crowd, without a care in the world, frozen as he stood in peace just moments after he bowled a fine delivery. His face was Herculean, the
only Herculean being in the Aussie camp and his bowling prowess was far better than the entire Australian bowling line up. `
His presence has certainly ensured that the run rate was kept to almost four an over, however critics of this particular statue have been angered by his lack of wickets. His form is of prime importance for the Australian camp,
who are lacking some firepower in their impotent bowling attack. With his inclusion in the side, the Punters could get just enough to unnerve the inform Englishmen. Of course he always has the option of coupling his deliveries with the odd can of beer to throw
at the English batsmen if they hog the crease.
In a statement, Tim Nielsen, the Australian Coach remarked, “Jason Gillespie has served http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 during his best years and we certainly expect his statue to do the same for us when we most need him.”
It is expected that the statue will be included in the Australian squad for Perth, however there are rumours about the fitness of this great bowler.
Unfortunately, the statue declined to comment in this regard. We can only hope that we get to see more of this great fast bowler when we go to the next Ashes Test at Perth.
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