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The Surfer

Bond motor could go a really good tune-up

Jamie Alter
Jamie Alter
25-Feb-2013
Shane Bond walks back to the pavilion with the drinks, MCA President's XI v New Zealanders, Mumbai, October 12, 2006

AFP

Writing in The New Zealand Herald, Mark Richardson, the former New Zealand opener, reckons that Shane Bond needs to be played as much as possible. The long he sits on the sidelines mulling over his fitness, the greater the chances that he may even become obsolete.
Writes Richardson:
"He is like that prized sports car you keep locked in the garage. Man it can hum and itturns heads, but the factory warranty has expired and you can't really afford the insurance.
So it sits there, looking all shiny and sparkly. Occasionally you climb into a seat, start it up put it in neutral and pretend you're charging down country roads at break-neck speeds, slamming it into second and taking corners like you just shouldn't, then back up through the gears laughing at those you overtake"
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Jamie Alter is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo