Wickman was at balcony discussion on Saturday and was guilty of misleading the audience about Chinamen. Extensive research (a bit of Googling, cricinfoing and wikipediaing) leaves him perplexed.
Wickman believes a Chinaman to be a ball bowled by a left arm wrist spinner that replicates a right hand leg spin bowler's googly - the essential element being the deception.
However - all those august sources say that a Chinaman is merely a ball bowled by a lefthanded bowler that turns from a right hander's off peg to leg. A natural left handed wrist spin ball.
It was named after West Indian Test player Ellis Achong - the first Chinese descended Test player - who dismissed an English bat with it. The bat, retreating to the pavillion, muttered something along the lines of "well fancy that, dismissed by a bloody Chinaman". Excellent. A cricket term that's definitely racist... just what we needed.
So Wickman was wrong and apologises for misleading his audience. So what then IS the ball that comes out the back of the hand and goes from leg to off? Is there simply no name for it or is it a left hander's googly plain and simple?
So perplexed is Wickman that he is almost tempted to send in a question to something like "Ask Bearders". But Wickman did not get to his ripe old age by asking directions or writing in to websites or newspapers with wanky queries. Oh no.
[This is a picture of Ellis Achong - was he the first man to suffer rascist sledging in Test Cricket?]
Hampton Wick Royal Cricket Club * 1863 - 2013 * 150 Glorious Seasons
Tuesday 27 May 2008
About Chinamen
Wickman was at balcony discussion on Saturday and was guilty of misleading the audience about Chinamen. Extensive research (a bit of Googling, cricinfoing and wikipediaing) leaves him perplexed.
Wickman believes a Chinaman to be a ball bowled by a left arm wrist spinner that replicates a right hand leg spin bowler's googly - the essential element being the deception.
However - all those august sources say that a Chinaman is merely a ball bowled by a lefthanded bowler that turns from a right hander's off peg to leg. A natural left handed wrist spin ball.
It was named after West Indian Test player Ellis Achong - the first Chinese descended Test player - who dismissed an English bat with it. The bat, retreating to the pavillion, muttered something along the lines of "well fancy that, dismissed by a bloody Chinaman". Excellent. A cricket term that's definitely racist... just what we needed.
So Wickman was wrong and apologises for misleading his audience. So what then IS the ball that comes out the back of the hand and goes from leg to off? Is there simply no name for it or is it a left hander's googly plain and simple?
So perplexed is Wickman that he is almost tempted to send in a question to something like "Ask Bearders". But Wickman did not get to his ripe old age by asking directions or writing in to websites or newspapers with wanky queries. Oh no.
[This is a picture of Ellis Achong - was he the first man to suffer rascist sledging in Test Cricket?]
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