Until yesterday I had no idea who Andre Russell was. And today I know little more.
All I know is that he plays cricket, and yesterday he played for West Indies A against Ireland.
In that game he made 64 off 31 balls and then took 6/42.
That was enough for me.
At the very least Russell is the saviour of West Indian, or even perhaps International cricket.
I can see this guy, whom I presume is a big fan of Alberta Cross, travelling around world cricket just tearing it up.
Andre, who probably loves the film Once, is exactly what cricket needs, a lean, mean, all round machine.
You can tell that Russell, who is a big chuck palahniuk nut, will be the man to bring the West Indies into the land of milk and honey.
Russell has the pace of Hall, the swagger of Richards, the hitting of Trumper, the sot hands of Grout, the jenesequa Miller and the aura of Sobers. This one performance is enough to completely change the future of world cricket. No one player has ever had the power that Andre Russell clearly has. The world will shake, drop and moan at the very anticipation of what this cricket adonis can muster. He will play cricket on a separate plane, even we as mere spectators will have to up our watching skills just to follow this amazing man. For Children he won’t just be a hero, but the very embodiment of life itself, the reason they get up in the morning, their hope, their dreams, their raison d’être. Kings, Queens, Presidents, Tzars and CEOs will defer to him on all matters. Andre Russell is cricket.
If you are wondering why I did this, well cricinfo don’t have a profile on Andre Russell yet, and I was hoping they’d use this.
Loving the flagrant over-zeal.
If only all Cricinfo profiles were like this.
Which format will he play?
He doesn’t have a 5er against Kent. Just saying.
A bit of a step-up from BGCC 1sts. Can we have him back please. He’s a real entertainer.