Wednesday 7 March 2007

An Outerbridge

Wickman wants to define Outerbridge. 1. To Outerbridge (verb) is to stand defiantly during a game of cricket having middled the ball and wait for an umpire to give you out. (Ideally the umpire suffers from poor eyesight and or hearing which will make the Outerbridge (noun) successful. 2. To spit on an opponent on a cricket field. Wickman saw an Outerbridge against England the other day when Stephen Outerbridge, playing for Bermuda, middled one to KP who snaffled him one handed at short mid wicket. Unbelievably he stood there. That's an Outerbridge if ever Wickman saw one. When frankly all the evidence is against you and you still feel compelled to have a look at the umpire. Wickman first saw one at the Wick in 2005 and he will be following Super Steve's progress through the world cup proper to see if there are any other Outerbridges... they're a lot more difficult to get away with on television...

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