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The over read as follows:
Wide | 1 | Wide | Wide | Wide | Wide | Wide [Captain is helpless]| 0 | 4 | Wide | Wide | 0
The background music, to top it off, played “Yeahhhhhh, Come awnnn :dhimpak:…Well, we are going to start this show.” :rotfl::rotfl:
Scott Boswell (Bowling on the wrong day to the wrong team)
A few rare pieces on Scott Boswell below (CricInfo and Observer)
The 10 greatest chokes in the history of sport
9) Scott Boswell
Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy final, Lord’s, 2001
Two overs costing 23 runs isn’t that rare in one-day cricket but when they consist of nine wides - eight in the second over, including five on the bounce - then it is a rare feat indeed. Scott Boswell had been man of the match when Leicestershire beat Lancashire in the semi-final, so it was no surprise when he was selected ahead of Devon Malcolm for the Lord’s showpiece against Somerset. But under the pressure that comes with a major final Boswell’s chest-on, round-arm action disintegrated and Somerset cruised to victory. A month later Boswell was released from his contract.
Source → Observer
The XI worst overs
6) Scott Boswell
Leicestershire v Somerset, C&G Trophy final, 2001
Cricket can be cruel. Boswell had been Leicestershire’s champion in the semi-final, cleaning up four England players in a match-winning performance. In the final, the occasion, the Lord’s slope and his own sweaty palms undid him. In his second over he sent down eight wides, five of them in a row. His match figures were two overs for 23. These were among Boswell’s last deliveries for the county: he was released a month later.
Source → CricInfo
One of the most hilarious items to note from CricInfo is, from the same source above, the last line in Bret Vance’s (#1) paragraph - “Please add zero if dialling from outside the UK.”
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