A good article on the Painter

http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/2...ns-rewards

Quote:"When he was an Under-13 cricketer, he was just a normal batsman. He hit boundaries, he took chances, but at that young age he decided to stop doing all that. He made a conscious choice, even in an era when T20 cricket was already taking over, to play his style of cricket. He was a 13-year-old schoolboy who idolised Shivnarine Chanderpaul (he's even worn the Shiv anti-glare strips), which is perhaps the least cool of modern cricket crushes."

Paint remains the only class batsman in dat side.  he is back in form which is great for the cWI

huh ? least cool ? Shiv ? that writer need 2 slap

David Warner the fastest scoring opening TEST batsman

follows Shiv advice on crease occupation 

"But once he gets in, well, he digs in deeper than an Alabama tick"

TD, e mail that writer and tell him Lyme's disease is not a good similie  >


Lyme disease is caused by the bacterium borrelia burgdorferi
and is transmitted to humans through the bite of ticks.
Typical symptoms include fever, headache, fatigue, a skin rash and some fatalities