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Ramnaresh Sarwan’s batting form – sublime/ridiculous

Bowled on 2nd March, 2009 at 09:02 by King Cricket
Category: Ramnaresh Sarwan, West Indies

Ramnaresh Sarwan indulges in demented religious practiceRamnaresh Sarwan’s current batting form is so sublime, it’s ridiculous. To average 150 this series with a worst score of 94 is sublime. To outdo Shivnarine Chanderpaul in terms of crease occupation is just ridiculous.

We’ve a sneaking suspicion that Ramnaresh Sarwan may have become a sadhu. Sadhus are famed for doing something arbitrary for a ludicrous duration – typically standing on one leg for eight years or waving maniacally for a decade. Ramnaresh Sarwan seems to have chosen something a bit more productive for his ritual. He’s decided to renounce all his worldly goods and concentrate on scoring runs against England.

He looks like he could carry on indefinitely.

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  1. Reply
    Spigot   //   March 2nd, 2009 at 10:46

    Get the impression he gave away his wicket just because he really needed a wee?

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    ankit   //   March 2nd, 2009 at 11:15

    down on my knees, to pray to the sadhu sarwan!

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    Alok   //   March 2nd, 2009 at 11:42

    Real Sadhus do it for spiritual cleansing, the fake ones for the publicity.

    Sarwan is also doing it for a higher goal. Beating the shit out of England in cricket. Nothing is higher than that in West indies cricket or cricket of any form played by a formerly colonized country.

    Baba Sarwan ki jai

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    Ashes Cricketer   //   March 2nd, 2009 at 12:45

    Sarwan has been superb.

    That six that Taylor hit was the shot of the tour.

    The sound that it made was outrageous.

    Really though, 1300 runs in 4 days. You’d be looking to get that in a full five day test match where you could actually take wickets. Whoever thought that this wicket was good for test match cricket?

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    Mahinda   //   March 2nd, 2009 at 13:06

    > Whoever thought that this wicket was good for test match cricket?

    The same people who “assessed” the pitch at Antigua?

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    horatius   //   March 8th, 2009 at 05:11

    Maybe Lord Megachief of Gold told him to just keep batting.

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