Player Profile  -  Duane Perera

After recently squeezing in a career-best performance amidst preparation for uni exams, Duano proffers a straight bat to Sticksy's probing questions...

 
Nickname:   Black Cat, Panther, Duano
Years at MOCCC:   3
Best batting:   Not worth mentioning
Best bowling:   6/23
Favourite fielding position:   Mid on
Pre-match routine:   Shower, breaky and getting to the ground ten minutes before the match
After-match routine:   Finish off Timmy's sandwiches and plan my Saturday night
Favourite tea-break indulgence:   Coffee scroll
What makes the perfect cordial?   1% water, 99% taste (cordial always tastes better after a win)
Most under-rated player at MOCCC:   Kosty
Loves batting with:   Crimmo
Player you dread facing in the nets:   Tim "Hurricane" Baxter
Teammate most likely to adjudge you LBW:   Ash Fernando (cousin)
Favourite saying in the field:   "That delivery has got better shape than my missus!"
Best sledge ever heard and/or used yourself:   "You should try using the bat, it's usually more effective than the body"
Most appropriate personal sponsor:   Yd.
What would you call your cricketing autobiography?   "Bench Warmer"
Would never lend your box to:   Rodney Beayni
Unusual items in your kit:   My dad's 40-year-old batting gloves
Favourite TV show:   The Simpsons
Dream guests at dinner:   Garfield Sobers, Usher, Tom Clancy
Funniest thing seen on a cricket field:   Crimmo having a fag between overs while listening to the races on the radio
Ambitions for 2005-06:   Bowl with consistency and pick up a few wickets!

 

Questions concocted by Sticksy.

 

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