Author: jzfredricks Date: May 15, 2008 18:06
> a man on the ropes behind the slip cordon for Anderson. One of my
> companions, a venerable gentleman who knows his history, informed me
> that this novel positioning was actually quite common in years gone by
> and rejoices in the curious name "third man".
I found the 'third man' stuff particularly funny as, even at my level
of cricket, it is such an important position. Yet game after game, my
captain and the opposition captain fail to place someone there. And
both teams leak runs.
| 
