It all looked vaguely plausible as Stuey waved it around in the nets, and then Mongoose brought out their second advocate. It was er, Devon Malcolm.
Devon Malcolm: 40 Tests, 236 runs, ave 6.05; 304 first class matches, 1985 runs, ave 7.84; batting described on cricinfo as 'court jester standard'.
NB: Manufacturers sense opportunity in T20 like everyone else. The Mongoose follows Gray-Nicolls' Dual T20, a bat with a use no-one has yet figured out. There will be no one-size fits all 'revolution' because bats are individual things serving idiosyncratic users. The inventor of the Mongoose has just been on Sky News. He used to be a marketing man. That figures, somehow.
Breaking: Ceci finds rare image of Devon at the crease. Must have been shot on a fast exposure.
Of all people to try the double-sided bat, I'm amazed it was David Warner. I don't believe he actually used the reverse side during his half-innings with it, which is not surprising given that he is a big clubber of the ball.
ReplyDeleteI guess Eoin Morgan might find it useful, judging by that double-reverse sweep of his.
Took me absolutely AGES to find a pic of Devon batting....
ReplyDeletehttp://tinyurl.com/rikkitikkitavidevon
I still can't figure out any shot that you'd want to play with it.
ReplyDeleteCeci - genius - am adding it to the story!