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Stay tuned Cricket fans….

Not sure that under the complex name-calling protocols of the Commonwealth that Monty Panesar counts as a POM quite yet.

True. I was thinking more about whether I could think of someone in football who was like Ian Botham… in terms of winning personality etc. Maybe like Brett Favre but with the Old Ball Coach’s personality.

“Guns don’t kill people, men with moustaches do.”

David Boon actually kept wicket in a World Cup match. After Boonie completely misjudged a Peter Taylor off-spinner which went on the bowl the batsman, PT shook his finger at Boonie, to which he replied, “Good Pill.”

Now that’s a challenge.

David Boon is one of the toppest Aussies ever. He was a member of the Australian cricket team from 1984 to 1996. They called him ‘Stumpy’ because he batted with tree stumps instead of SS Jumbos. Boony is a proud Tasmanian and if you knocked Tassie in front of him he would probably kill you. In 1988 he spewed on national TV when he was playing
at Adelaide Oval. Although Boonie is a short man, he has been known to sink a shitload of piss. In 1989 he became an Australian cricketing hero when he put back 52 beers on the way to a cricket match in England. If you tried to drink as much as Boonie you would probably die. Boonie is a top Aussie.

We’re in love.

Simpson thought somebody had won a card game until the plane’s captain announced Boon had consumed 52 beers. “Simpson went purple with anger and I mentioned to (selector Laurie) Sawle that maybe Boonie should be sent home and I would bat in his spot,” Jones recalls….

“When we got off the bus, Boonie was in quite a bit of trouble with Simmo, who was disappointed with him for drinking so much, and he called us into a team meeting and said. ‘Righto, a couple of things: David, I’m very disappointed with you and you’re on probation, but also I don’t want this story to leave this room. It’s not to leave the Australian cricket team.” And Merv Hughes at the back put his hand up and said. ‘Oh, Bob, I’m sorry mate, I’ve done radio interviews with…’ and he named four or five stations he’d done interviews with, and said, ‘Mate, it’s all over the world.’ Everyone started laughing and I think Merv got put on probation along with Boonie.”

Merv is a top Aussie. He is like David Boon but he’s bigger and his moustache is bigger and he was a fast bowler. However, he still could crack a massive six whenever he wanted to. Sometimes during cricket games when Australia was destroying some shithouse team, Merv would get so excited that he would stick his tongue in other players ears.
His main bowling weapon was his massive moustache, which he used tohypnotise batsmen while running in to bowl. When he was warming up in the outfield the crowd thought he was playing “Simon Says” and copied his actions. Big Merv is a top Aussie.

He has even inspired inspired his own Chuck Norris style site: http://www.davidboonfacts.com

(Granted, I can’t make heads or tails of the facts because a) they were presumably written by Aussies and b) they’re about cricket.)