Beard Liberation Front
24th August
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Campaigners say Aussies David Warner needs to work on facial hair policy
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that Australian opening batsman David Warner’s Ashes facial hair remains in crisis after he shaved his long-standing beard for the current Leeds Test
Warner was dismissed by Stuart Broad at Edgbaston for 2 and 8 in the First Test and at Lords he made just 3 and 5. However after shaving his beard he scored 61 in the first innings at Leeds and took 4 catches in the field. Yet in Australia’s second innings Warner was out for nought from Broad’s bowling again.
The BLF says that after an incident that saw Warner suspended from Test cricket for a period, he grew a gravitas adding beard. It had been thought this would make Warner a key contender for the coveted Beard of the Ashes 2019 accolade.
However it became clear at both Edgbaston and Lords that Warner had been trimming his beard and the campaigners say that the Aussie opener clearly did not have the right balance between beard and ball interaction.
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, Warner did well in the World Cup and earlier with his beard. Then he started trimming it. The initial boost of shaving it worked initially but its clear it cant be a long-term strategy for success.
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