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[realthog]

Warning: not for those of delicate sensibilities.

Just now, from Cricinfo's ball-by-ball commentary on the England v. South Africa One Day International:

Anderson to Parnell, no run, slower bouncer from Anderson, Parnell was through with his shit before the ball arrived . . .

I mean, how slow was that bouncer?

Comments

[mylefteye.livejournal.com]

That doesn't sound like something Trevor Bailey would say.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

He may very well have said worse. There's a compilation I've heard of some of the worst Test Match Special howlers, many of which make this one seem positively innocuous.