Cricket, Warts and All
This next story is for those of you that didn’t think the words “cricket” and “genital warts” could be in the same story.
Pakistan pulled fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar out of next month’s World Twenty20 tournament in England due to him suffering from genital warts, the Pakistan Cricket Board said Thursday.
“We have pulled him out of the World Twenty20 on the basis of a medical report given by our doctor which said that Akhtar needs 10 days to recover from groin wounds,” the PCB said.
“The medical board has reported that Akhtar was suffering from genital viral warts.”
Akhtar becomes the first casualty of the 12-team event for which final 15-man squads were announced on May 5.
[Enter obvious bowl a maiden over/crack one through the covers/middle stump cricket joke here].
By the way, here’s a picture of our little Porkastani cricket lothario in action off the pitch, possibly in pre-genital wart days.
Imran would be proud.
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About the Author: An Australian immigrant to Israel, Aussie Dave has been blogging since early 2003.
