Coverage on Mascarenhas
Sports sections of the London dailies have left Alex Brown rather unimpressed after they failed to mention the successes of Dimtri Mascarenhas, who according to Brown, "might sound like an outdated 1990s dance fad, but is making all the right
Nishi Narayanan
25-Feb-2013
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Sports sections of the London dailies have left Alex Brown rather unimpressed after they failed to mention the successes of Dimtri Mascarenhas, who according to Brown, "might sound like an outdated 1990s dance fad, but is making all the right moves for England's one-day cricket team". He writes in the Sydney Morning Herald:
Mascarenhas's story is one of perseverance, commitment and sacrifice - a kid who left his home in Western Australia to pursue a dream, only to realise it a decade later than originally planned. But, hey, he isn't dating an Atomic Kitten, so good luck finding a mention of him outside the details page.
This week, the latest chapter in Mascarenhas's remarkable cricketing story was penned with the wicket of Rahul Dravid, his first international victim, to seal a comprehensive win for England. For a nation that ought to count limited-overs victories like dogs count years, this should have been a moment to savour (on the Paul Collingwood-MBE scale, there may even have been grounds for knighting).
Nishi Narayanan is a staff writer at ESPNcricinfo