Beard Liberation Front
Media Release
2nd July
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Nicholas Pooran moves into contention for Beard of the Cricket World Cup
he Beard Liberation Front has said that the search for the Beard of the 2019 Cricket World Cup is entering the final week of the group stages, with the West Indies Nicholas Pooran making an impact with a century against Sri Lanka at Durham
The poll of well-known hirsute cricketers who are playing is on-line
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 and Virat. 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 are playing an important, perhaps vital, role in the World Cup. But who will have the winning whiskers?
Contenders incude Moeen Ali, Hashim Amla, Virat Kohli and even David Warner. 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, the West Indies cant progress to the knock-out stages of the World Cup but Pooran’s beard made a big impact on Monday
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