Mundane or marvelous player sightings

[cpr]

Sajid Mahmood wandering around The Trafford Centre doing a bit of shopping. Shamefully only belated realised I'd sighted Glenn Chapple in the business lounge at Manchester Airport. In my defence it was 7am and I was 3 pints in.

 

[NZTailender]

Correct. Was Ross celebrating his first innings ton? Or was Gup wallowing in his lack of runs? Both capable of putting away junk food

If Blocky were here I'm sure he'd weigh in

 

[wellAlbidarned]

Stood behind Rossco while buying coffee here in Hamilton. Asked the barista and apparently he's a regular but haven't caught him since.

 

[Bijed]

Stood behind Rossco while buying coffee here in Hamilton. Asked the barista and apparently he's a regular but haven't caught him since.

They knew if they told you that, they'd get a ton of repeat business from you repeatedly trying to see him there tbh

 

[wellAlbidarned]

They knew if they told you that, they'd get a ton of repeat business from you repeatedly trying to see him there tbh

nah he lives around here and it's a trendy spot. Plus he had his name in the tab book.

 

[Gnske]

I've told my Doug Walters story, gets more depressing with every month as he hurtles towards death.

 

[OverratedSanity]

I saw Zaheer in a club many years ago, around the time of India's wc win. Think he was with a few ranji cricketers I didn't recognize. Seemed a natural ladies man, the rest struggled mightily

 

[The Hutt Rec]

A friend once told me she saw Peter “Two Metre” Fulton out clubbing at the height of his Blackcaps fame, striking out with every attempt.

 

[Smudge]

A friend once told me she saw Peter “Two Metre” Fulton out clubbing at the height of his Blackcaps fame, striking out with every attempt.

My favourite obscure sighting is when I wandered into a pokie room (slots/fruit machines for those UK types) in Invercargill in about 2002 and looked down the narrow end of the room to see Chris Harris leaning back on a stool at the apex of the room, playing two machines at once either side of him. About $1 a spin on each.

 

[vcs]

Someone yesterday casually mentioned in conversation that Dravid has a house barely 200m from where I live. I've never seen him around here, so I'm assuming he lives in some other part of Bangalore.

 

[thierry henry]

Scott Styris at the national pub quiz champs on Saturday. My mate tried to talk to him about cricket (I decided against approaching him) and apparently Styris said he hates cricket and doesn't want to talk about it ever.

 

[Chewie]

Scott Styris at the national pub quiz champs on Saturday. My mate tried to talk to him about cricket (I decided against approaching him) and apparently Styris said he hates cricket and doesn't want to talk about it ever.

Which venue does your team usually go to?

 

[ataraxia]

Scott Styris at the national pub quiz champs on Saturday. My mate tried to talk to him about cricket (I decided against approaching him) and apparently Styris said he hates cricket and doesn't want to talk about it ever.

Perfect resume for a commentator.

 

[Gnske]

Scott Styris at the national pub quiz champs on Saturday. My mate tried to talk to him about cricket (I decided against approaching him) and apparently Styris said he hates cricket and doesn't want to talk about it ever.

This is so fantastic.

 

[thierry henry]

So this is all pure hearsay, but coincidentally another friend of mine was also there and warned Friend A not to approach Styris.

His reasoning was that he had also met Styris on an earlier unrelated occasion and tried to discuss cricket with him. He brought up Styris's big century against Sri Lanka in the 2003 World Cup and Styris apparently said he didn't even remember the innings. The gist of it, again, was that he didn't care about cricket beyond it being a way to make a living and therefore didn't really retain any fond memories of particular games.

So, apparently he's consistent.

 

[the big bambino]

maybe its his way of blowing off approaches from fans.

 

[_Ed_]

A few years ago when I was living near the Birkenhead ferry wharf, I used to see one of the Marshalls quite reguarly. Or both of them, each less regularly. Who knows?

But, yeah, when I was on my way to work in the mornings, I'd see him/them out jogging.

 

[the big bambino]

Its pretty hard to tell them apart as neither could bat.

 

[Flem274*]

im not sure what it says that one of the better nz commentators hates cricket

 

[Hicheal Michael]

I saw Mohammed Irfan walking around the CBD once. Hard to miss.