Jul
18th
Author: admin |
Files under Misc
You’d think the Dilscoop and Ajantha Mendis’ carrom ball were enough innovation for a while, but those busy Sri Lankans never rest. In the final over of the innings against New Zealand, Mahela Jayawardene shaped to play a reverse-sweep off Jacob Oram, but instead of turning the bat around to use the face of the blade, he flicked the ball away with the back of the bat to third man for four. Patents are forthcoming, but Cricinfo will modestly remind all that we beat them to it, predicting the “Jaysweep” as early as last week. Sri Lanka meanwhile are soon to reinvent the wheel.
