Cricket Tale:
The opening England batsmen in a one day match against Australia were Marcus Trescothick and a new batsman yet to have appeared on the world stage: his name was Slugger Hammond.
Brett Lee, the pace bowler, opened the bowling for Australia. The first ball went fizzing past the off-stump: 'wooooooooph' , and was collected by the wicketkeeper, Adam Gilchrist.
Slugger Hammond did not as much as budge from his place. Lee bowled his second, third and fourth balls: 'woooooooph.... woooooooooph...wooooooooph' .
Slugger stood stock still just like a statue.
The umpire declared the fifth delivery, 'No ball'.
Like a true professional Slugger Hammond went down the pitch tapping away at the ground until he reached Trescothick and said, 'I knew from the very beginning the fellow did not have a ball in his hand.'
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