Beard Liberation Front
Media Release
9th July
Contact Keith Flett 07803 167266
Beard of the Cricket World Cup reaching splitting hairs stage
The Beard Liberation Front has said that with the search for the Beard of the 2019 Cricket World Cup has reached the splitting hairs stage as India face New Zealand at Old Trafford
The poll of well-known hirsute cricketers who are playing in the World Cup is on-line and Moeen Ali has maintained his tournament lead so far.
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 Virat Kohli and even David Warner. Competition is bristling as the competition reaches the final games
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, two of the great beard wearers of modern cricket Virat Kohli and Kane Wiilliamson will face each other at Old Trafford. Who will shave who?
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