The Headingley hero’s appearance gives us that ludicrous fake spark of hope that at some point in another life we too could have flicked that single off our hips
It’s rare a sporting moment makes you shake. Last Sunday, while Ben Stokes was carving Australia to all parts of Headingley, I was in a park watching on my phone. As Nathan Lyon failed to collect the ball cleanly as Jack Leach wandered about in no man’s land I realised I had lost control of my body. The screen was all over the place.
It might have happened before – but I’m rarely holding both sides of my TV at those critical moments. My scream of terror was too loud for the sunbathers. I think everyone just thought I was that park’s weird guy on the bench. There’s always one.
Written by Max Rushden
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2019/aug/29/jack-leach-glasses-headingley-cricket under the title “Jack Leach’s glasses cause optical illusion that we could be like him | Max Rushden”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
