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10 Aug 2014 12:04 #206259 by chairman
Lendl Simmons*, the West Indies batsman, has been left looking for a new bat after a brush with overzealous customs officials in the USA.

Simmons was travelling through the country between games for Guyana Amazon Warriors in the Caribbean Premier League when his bat attracted the interest of customs officials. In a sure sign that cricket remains a mysterious and largely unknown sport in the USA, the officials feared that the bat could be used to transport illegal drugs so drilled several holes into it to enable closer inspection.
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10 Aug 2014 12:04 #206260 by chairman
Initially it was thought that it was New Zealand and Amazon Warriors allrounder Jimmy Neesham 's bat that was under scrutiny after he tweeted a picture of the ruined bat, saying: "Imagine if your cricket gear went through America and they drilled holes in your bat to look for drugs..."
Neesham later clarified that it was Simmons' bat. "Just to clarify again, the bat belongs to Lendl Simmons. Pretty happy I managed to dodge that bullet!"
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11 Aug 2014 16:20 #206490 by 00mg
he got another bat and nearly made a century

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11 Aug 2014 16:34 #206496 by The Captain
they drilled the wrong one

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12 Aug 2014 01:48 #206557 by bala24
Even i thought it was neesham's bat after he posted that pic.I would say what the US authorities did here was wrong.There is a limit to everything and this was uncalled for.
What would they do if a baseball bat was checked for drugs the same way..??

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13 Aug 2014 16:15 #206956 by allswl
Unfortunately because these drug traffickers are finding ingenuous ways to get their drugs across the border the rest of us have to suffer through these kinds of incidents. I have seen on TV where custom agents even found drugs hidden in a climbing rope.

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13 Aug 2014 20:38 #207011 by Rohan99
This story is funny but it just shows the ignorance of US customs. A cricket bat is made from solid wood so how can it contain drugs inside? I hope they paid Simmons for his bat and next time they will actually recognize a cricket bat.

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13 Aug 2014 22:40 #207022 by Kyle
Is there anything that prompted this drilling? Why Simmons?
Weird. And embarrassing. And no, drug traffickers being all clever doesn't justify them drilling bats. Would they compensate?

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14 Aug 2014 13:00 #207120 by dillinger10
Simmons is the leading run scorer in this years CPL with 355 runs in 9 innings. He has the third highest average (44.37) of any batsman with a minimum of 4 innings.

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14 Aug 2014 13:21 #207125 by ketchim
Trinidad today : Weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth


and for Chin etal : those who doan have teeth.......their Gums shall feel the piain !



wait 'till they hear Guyana may hire Lendl's uncle Phil !  ::LOL::

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