James Hopes is the Ian Harvery we all wanted Ian Harvey to be.
Except no one wanted the freak to have an exceptionally small forehead, I'm assuming.
He can make quick runs in the middle order, even when all the other batsmen look frigid.
He can open the batting if required.
He can change a game with the ball.
He can bowl tight, or take wickets.
All this while looking like a Cro-Magnon man.
Sure he isn’t quite as flashy as the freak, but some may think that makes him more reliable, not me, but some.
He also doesn’t seem to smoke or drink like the freak, suck up to Warney like the freak, bowl 5 slower balls an over like the freak, or have a chubby little tummy like the freak.
Other things he needs to do to emulate the freak, take money off the Poms, South Africa and India whilst smoting their first class cricketers around.
Grow a nasty @ss mullet.
Not live up to his potential.
But there is one thing that I believe Hopes can do, and Harvey never quite did, invent a cricket shot.
In 7 years time the IPPCCL commentators will be saying, that was a lovely Hopes by Venkatapathi Raju Junior.
Just mark my words.www.cricketwithballs.com "losing the war on over rates, winning the war on tony greig"
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