Beard Liberation Front
19th January
India’s Rishabh Pant named Beard of Australia-India Test series
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has named the Indian wicket keeper & batsman Rishabh Pant as Beard of the Australia-India Test series
Pant scored 89 not out on the final day of the final Test of the series in Brisbane to see India to a famous victory by 3 wickets. The campaigners say that Pant led with his trademark beard consistently demonstrating beard power on the pitch. Pant was born in 1997 the year Tony Blair became PM and represents a new generation of cricketing beard wearers.
India’s winning 329 surpassed the previous record 4th innings score at Brisbane which was 236:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/scorecard/ECKO48443
The BLF said that while a majority of the Indian side were hirsute facial hair remains in quite short supply amongst the Australians. David Warner has been cultivating a Walrus moustache, Nathan Lyon’s stubble emulates the appearance of nineteenth century immigrants to Australia, and the permanently chuntering wicket keeper/captain Tim Paine has a modest designer style beard.
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, Its only January but already Rishabh Pant has set the benchmark for Beard Power in international cricket for 2021.
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