The Keith Miller award for most awe-inspiring moment of pure hope and courage
Bryce McGain
Thilan Samaraweera
Stuart Broad
How Stuart Broad managed to walk off Lord’s without a tear in his eye after that Dutch loss I’ll never know. Thilan, the dude got shot. SHOT. That was not enough though, as only one man fought his way through mediocrity red tape, work in IT, just for men products and the spinning abyss of Australia to make his debut in test cricket. Bryce’s story is our story.
The Dean Jones award for the commentator who was the biggest dick
Bob Willis
Michael Kasprowicz
Laxman Shivramakrishnan
Michael Kasprowicz for his “the fans have smiles on their faces” as a dude danced in a Hitler mask. Bob Willis for thinking he was the first to use Ronald McDonald line for Andrew McDonald. However neither of these two moments could really add up to the amazing commentary Laxman seems to give. At times he commentates as if he is buried 180 yards under the ground with Michael Bolton in his headphones.
The Ms Hooper award for the person who shoved jrod’s words up his ass the hardest.
Paul Harris
Nathan Hauritz
Angelo Mathews
Shane Watson
While it is nice that some people believe Angelo Mathews exists, we are still not sure. Paul Harris gimped his way into the top 8 ranked bowlers on earth, but we yawned. Nathan Hauritz became a man with a 5 wicket haul, but no. It has to go to Shane Watson. He more than survived opening the batting, he dry humped it, he has gone way longer than 2 weeks without getting injured and even though he is batting out of place and isn’t bowling as much as he could, he has had a cracking year of test cricket.
The sehwagology award for the player most living the sehwagology dream
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Dirk Nannes
Daniel Vettori
Mr Vettori started as a teenage finger spinner that everyone thought was cute, now he is a batting, captaining, coaching and selecting powerhouse. Dirk is the blueprint for all cricketers . Learn an instrument, go skiing, start a business, play a bit of cricket, travel the world as a cricketer, play for your country and grow a beard. While Vettori and Dirk lived by the code, one man was such a great Sehwagologist that at times he almost bettered god. Batting in no hat, chains around his neck, inventing a shot, and scoring like Pacino in scarface. Dilshan deserves this.
Let’s have a shout out for Matty Hayden in the commentator section. A devout and vocal Christian, he spied a chap dressed as Moses at one of the Ashes Tests. ‘Hey Moses, where’s your Ark?’ he cried.
Surely he deserves the ‘WTF’ award for cricket insight this year.
I think Vettori has started his own subsect of Sehwagology, lets call it Vettorianity – See the Bowl, Hit the Ball awkwardly into strange areas. Or perhaps bowl the ball at varying pace but never with much spin. Not quite as compelling as Sehwag’s brand, but seems to be working for NZ Cricket, they have already installed him as their deity. The rest of NZ may soon be following suit.