Friday, March 25, 2005

Marshall And Marshall



Is that Hamish Marshall ? Or his twin brother James ? Who knows ? That will be the question facing the Aussies when the 2 will be batting together in the Auckland Test. Although Mark and Steve Waugh the famous Aussie twins graced the game for so long, Hamish and James are the first ever identical twins to do so. It must be a daunting, perhaps boring task for the opposition bowlers - To keep looking at the same batsman all the time; Even after the strike is changed. Perhaps they will come up with the best solution. Dismiss one of them quickly. However, right now the Marshalls are batting together and have put up a pretty good fight. 34/1 is a great start for NZ against Australia. James has scored 17 off 38 balls and the more accomplished Hamish 14 off 21. Or have they ?? Who is to guarantee that after some mid-pich conference, Hamish did not sneak to the batting end to take strike for James ?? Why not have some twin fun out there ?? Maybe the Aussies have insisted on them wearing ID cards while batting or that one wear a sweater throughout or something like that !!!

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