Watts latches on to an Ntini short ball and swinging…

Watts latches on to an Ntini short ball and swinging him over the mid-wicket boundary. That was like a large cayman devouring a rancid routabaga. That was one of the worst analogies I’ve ever written. Wonderful.

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