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Missing the stumps and the point... but only just

The back-up plan

Sahil Rizwan

July 28, 2011
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Sahil Rizwan is a comic-strip writer who's always between unemployments. He blogs at The Vigil Idiot

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Posted by BeatTheChamps on (July 29, 2011, 2:15 GMT)

The hair looks more like Sreesanth's. Distracting/irritating the batsmen is a job he does very well!

Posted by kk777 on (July 28, 2011, 17:16 GMT)

This looks more like an actual conversation ;)

Posted by   on (July 28, 2011, 6:42 GMT)

You've done better ones before. This one was slightly PJ ish unfortunately. Full marks for effort though... keep it going

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