Beard Liberation Front
31st May
Contact Keith Flett 07803 167266
Search for the Beard of the Cricket World Cup, the W G Grace Prize, underway
The Beard Liberation Front has said that the search for the Beard of the 2019 Cricket World Cup is underway.
An indicative poll of well-known hirsute cricketers who are playing is now on-line and full poll will commence after each team has played their opening match on 3rd June.
In the beginning was WG Grace but in the twentieth century cricket went to the barbers. So much so that by the early 1960s a major shaving company was sponsoring one day cricket and players deemed insufficiently clean shaven were sometimes sent from the field to sort it out.
In the twenty first century beards in cricket are back from Moeen to Hashim. Its now understood that a beard can have a psychological impact on opponents after Mike Brearley pioneered the point. Beards can also have an aero-dynamic impact on play itself.
Beards will play an important, perhaps vital, role in the World Cup. But who will have the winning whiskers?
Contenders could include Moeen Ali, Hashim Amla and Virat Kohli. Competition is expected to bristle as the competition goes on
However the Beard Liberation Front has said that to be eligible the beard must at least pass the Clint Eastwood post-stubble test & will ideally be more in the WG Grace beard zone
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, this is the most hirsute Cricket World Cup ever and we expect stiff competition for the W G Grace Prize
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