Re: SHOAIB MALIK
There was this Cricket County Club in England which was going through a rough patch...loosing one match after the other till the Manager decides to put up an advert.."BATSPERSON WANTED. ABILITY TO HIT THE BALL AN ADVANTAGE. APLLY SOOON...blah blah blah". WEEKS PASSED AND NO ONE APPLIED. THE MANAGER SAT ALONE AND WONDERED....WHAT EXACTLY IS WRONG AND JUST THAT MOMENT...IN WALKS A HORSE! WHO CASUALLY WALKS TO THE MANAGER PULLS A CHAIR, LIGHTS A CIGAR AND SAYS "I SAY...OLD CHAP...I BELIEVE YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A BATSPERSON?"..THE MANAGER IS BEWILDERED.." BUT YOU ARE A HORSE?"....." I KNOW THAT OLD BEAN...BUT YOU SEE I AM PRETTY GOOD WITH THE OLD WILLOW...AT LEAST TRY ME OUT".......SO THEY IMMEDIATELY GO OUT TO THE GROUND AND CLUB'S BEST BOWLER IS CALLED IN.....AND TO THE COMPLETE SURPRISE OF ALL...THE HORSE PLAYS EACH OF THE SIX BALLS FOR A SIX!!
"YOU ARE SELECTED...FOR THE NEXT KEY MATCH WE HAVE ON SUNDAY" SAYS THE MANAGER.
COMES SUNDAY....THE GROUND IS JAMPACKED....HAVING WON THE TOSS...THE CLUB DECIDES TO BAT FIRST....AND WE SEE THE HORSE WITH SHIN PADS ALL GEARED...WITH A PLAYER AS HIS PARTNER....WALKS TO THE STUMPS--TAKES GUARD AND TO THE SHEER EXCITEMENT & JUBILIATION OF THE SUPPORTERS---HITS ALL SIX BALLS FOR SIXES!!!! THE AUDIENCE IS DANCING AND JOY ALL AROUND.
NEXT OVER THE OTHER PARTNER PLAYS THE FIRST BALL TOWARDS GULLY AND RUNS FOR A SINGLE.....TO FIND THE HORSE CASUALLY LEANING ON HIS BAT AND STANDING AT BOWLER'S END..." RUN FRIEND RUN...FOR GOD'S SAKE RUN!!" SHOUTS THE BATSMEN!!!
"RUN?......DO ME A FAVOR MY FRIEND!!! IF I COULD RUN...I WOULD BE AT THE BLOODY EPSOM!!!!!!!" SAYS THE HORSE!!!
(That HORSE.....we had in Pakistan...was INZY!!)