One day you are going to be in Sydney.
And for whatever reason you are going to need a lawyer.
When you arrive you’ll notice some cricket memorabilia in the foyer; you’ll spend a couple of minutes looking at it and wish that you were a rich lawyer who could afford signed cricket stuff.
While waiting in reception there will be plenty of sporting magazines and more memorabilia.
Eventually you will meet your lawyer, a young whippersnapper eager to please.
As she is attending to your business the senior partner will walk in and shake your hand and thank you for your business.
He will look familiar to you, but you won’t be able to work out who he is.
You’ll even ask, “Do I know you from somewhere?”
He’ll just laugh it off and say he has a familiar face.
When he leaves you’ll still be racking your brain when the lawyer helping you asks if you are a cricket fan, you nod offcourse, and she says, “Mr Clark played for Australia.”
It is only then that you realised you shook the hand of a test bowler who finished with a bowling average of 23.86.
You leave the law firm knowing your business is in safe hands. The hands of a man who only got to play test cricket for less than four years but got every last wicket out of himself.
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If Stuart Clark ever does end up as a Lawyer with a firm of his own, I would use his services.
The man has my respect, and now that he will never ever play for Australia again, I salute him for his career.
Well played, Mr Clark.
There is quite a bit of me talking about Stuart Clark’s “nip” in my new book.
which begs the question – what are they smoking up at Jolimont Road?
In an age where 30 is respectable as an average, you really have to wonder what Hilditch and his merry men are doing…
Exactly Jamie, If you applied the selection by averages concept, as is the case of Hussey and most batsmen, Clark would have been first picked every time he was fit.
I won’t be complaining if it turns out to be Kent’s gain! Thank you yet again, Mr Hilditch!
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So poopsie, you obviously think Clark is behind Lee, Hilfy, Siddle, McKay, Geeves, Johnson and Bollinger?
He’s the 8th best fast man in the country? Believe that and you’ll believe that ritzy is a spinner.
Devastating.
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You on the booze early Jamie? I am in agreement with you. I was trying to take the piss (obviously poorly) out of the selectors who continue to pick batsmen based on averages secured many moons ago, but do not apply that same principle to bowlers like Clark.
And surely you have been around here long enough to know of my hatred for Lee
SRC is an awesome bowler and batsman…remember when he made merry with a run a ball 40 in the Ashes 06/07 opener?
Goodbye, Metronome 2!
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We don’t need big Stu, we’ve got Brett Geeves….. and Steve Smith.
God help us.
poopsie,
sorry man, i should have read it better ;)
lee is gone. no chance of ever seeing him in a baggy green again. And yep, SRC’s batting was always fun to watch.
speaking of which, Smith for the third test? What is Hilditch up to now?
Smith called intot eh Australian side?
Fuck me, did McGain and Krejza have a threesome with Hilditch’s wife or something?
Clark is STILL ranked the 7th best Test bowler IN THE WORLD despite only playing a couple of Tests over the last year … yet hilditch and co obviously don’t rate him in the top dozen in Australia.
What a joke!!
I know Clark isn’t the future of Australian cricket, due to his age, and I know he’s injured now anyway, but seriously, what has the guy done wrong!? PICK THE BEST SIDE YOU STOOGES!!!
Stuart Clark is a great cricketer and we are all the poorer for not seeing him play. He was starting to do a good job leading the Blues.
I still hope he will play for Australia again and show the selectors what a good consistent team player he is. He is a real gentleman and a great husband and father.
Hope we will still see lots more of him in the future and his back will be OK soon.