Andrew Johns to play for NSW in Twenty20 match

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Cricket fans around the country are bemused to read rugby league star Andrew Johns will play for NSW in a Twenty20 match against South Australia. I'm at a loss to explain why the NSW Cricket Board would need to resort to a gimmicky publicity stunt to promote a Twenty 20 match. Public interest in cricket around Australia is at an all time high. Twenty20 state games have been attracting tens of thousands of spectators. Now I don't believe in taking the shortest form of the game too seriously - I enjoyed gags like New Zealand's facial hair or Australian nicknames on their uniforms. But this is farcical. I can only hope Shaun Tait catches him under the chin with a 150Km/hr bouncer to scare off any sportsmen from other codes thinking about getting involved. Hmm, on second thoughts, the prospect of seeing that would be worth the price of admission alone.

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Posted by JC on Fri 30 Jun

3 comments

im a big fan of joey..i know for a fact he is the best sportsmen around.just bcoz he doesnt play criket professionally doesnt mean he'l b out 4 a duck..i hope he hits tait 4 a 6 first ball..n im sure he will...ashxx

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Posted by ash clemo on 2006-11-17 16:17:32

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