In a preview for today's ICC Trophy clash between Danny V's New Zealand and the home side Daniel displayed remarkable clear sight. Asked about the game he said:
The challenge is to put a score on the board and defend it as a bowling unit
Wickman was originally attracted to this gem because of its seeming banality. Yes Danny, there's no pulling the wool over your eyes after 240+ ODIs. Then Wickman was briefly entertained by the thought of what would happen if Danny lost the toss and the Jaapies batted? "Sheeeeit boys I lost the toss. How do we go about this whole ODI thing if we have to field first? Defend a total we haven't got by not letting them get so many runs that we can't get them? Or maybe - we could give them less runs than we think we could score. Erm... right... perhaps we could try to defend our bowling score as a batting unit. Brendon, Jesse - you boys have played a few, whaddya reckon?"
But in reality Danny was merely stating a fact as he saw it. If he won the toss, he was going to have a bat. He clearly knew that the Jaapies would stick in the black whatevertheyares. Which begs an intersting question. How did he know? Is he a bit like Derren Brown planting the suggestion in the mind of Smithy? Whatever. If its a genuine talent he's got Wickman suggests we get him over to Kempton so we can spunk the club's bank balance on his prediction for the first race of next season. Genius.
[Derren Brown today in the nets at Centurion - Ed]
In a preview for today's ICC Trophy clash between Danny V's New Zealand and the home side Daniel displayed remarkable clear sight. Asked about the game he said:
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