ROSEMARY ABBOTT | Sport
NEW SEASON, NEW ME
36-year-old Dave Brunton has again surprisingly shown face at his team’s pre-season cricket training.
Brunton, who plays in Christchurch’s third division and has done so since he left highschool, shocked some of his teammates when he showed up at Hagley Oval for the team’s first net session of the season.
“I mean, he’s the fourth change in the bowling order and that’s usually out of a gesture of good will. He’s not really turning the ball anymore, just sort of… lobbing it. But hey, he’s here, so good on him, I guess?” said one teammate, thinking Dave should have chucked it in a decade ago..
Brunton hasn’t done anything remarkable on the cricket pitch since hitting 42 in 2009 against a bunch of teenagers, the same year he probably should have called it in. Brunton has taken no more than two wickets in the limited over he gets with the ball too.
“He’s a great bloke, don’t get me wrong,” said captain Greg Thompson,
“But it’s been a while since we’ve seen anything from him that resembles cricketing ability. Honestly, he gets a new bat each year like it’s going to turn around his fortunes or something, but his innings continue to end in disappointment.”
More to come.
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