Fright Night: England v New Zealand Twenty20
Here at Bodog HQ if there's a tangent we'll find it, in fact there are more angles knocking around here than in a trigonometry handbook. Today may be Friday 13th but let's hope there's nothing scary or unlucky about it for England's cricketers as they square up to the Kiwis (again) for the Twenty20 International match at Old Trafford.
After this the five One Day Internationals will really kick off, in fact the last few meetings that the gruesome twosome (collectively speaking!) had at the ODIs meant the Kiwis walked away with a 3-1 victory. So there will be lots for England to prove, captain Paul Collingwood will probably feel the pinch more than most as he only scored 32 runs in the Test series with a 10.66 average. Ouch!
Coach Peter Moores is optimistic and still reckons England need to find their feet, perhaps in the form of Ravi Bopara. Anyway back to our angles, as you know we like to intersperse our vast sporting expertise with occasional bouts of sentimental mutterings. Our particular point of reference is that dynamo Daniel Vettori, not for his wobbly spinning but for his facial hair.
Oh we don't give a toss about whether he thinks that New Zealand will have the edge in this afternoon's match because most of them have been gallivanting at the IPL. Nay we have amused ourselves somewhat with the fact that aside from Monty Panesar's beard, skipper Vettori could be a bygone cricketing gent in the making, think WG Grace back in the day! OK it's about two feet too short and Dan trims his into an edge – but you know what we mean. So we say bring back the beard!
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