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Beard of the Cricket World Cup. End of the Group stage

The Beard Liberation Front has said that with the search for the Beard of the 2019 Cricket World Cup has reached the end of the Group stage with Moeen Ali still leading

A poll of well-known hirsute cricketers who are playing in the World Cup 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 include Moeen Ali, Hashim Amla, Virat Kohli and even David Warner. Competition is bristling as the competition goes on

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, Jonathan Agnew, with the prospect of an England v Australia semi-final,has raised the question of whether an English person could ever support Australia. We suspect Warner has got some English votes; for his beard not his cricket obviously