{"id":4523,"date":"2008-09-25T17:32:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-25T12:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=3037"},"modified":"2008-09-25T17:32:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-25T12:02:00","slug":"a-crushed-big-toe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/a-crushed-big-toe\/","title":{"rendered":"A Crushed Big Toe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prem Panicker<\/a> writes in:<\/p>\n

\n

There’s a Neo Sports ad out just now that might interest you.<\/p>\n

Big hoarding, dominated by an image of a foot with a crushed big toe, and blood leaking out.<\/p>\n

The tag line reads: Last year, Brett Lee’s Yorkers didn’t always hit the wicket. Our turn to return the favour.<\/p>\n

That’s the best they can do to promote what could be an intriguing Test series?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Well, I suppose juvenile bluster is an improvement on ‘Pakraman’-style warfare metaphors. But does anyone really need to promote this series?<\/p>\n

Also, how will our fast bowlers bear the weight of such expectation? The most famous attempted yorker in India’s history turned out to be quite a disaster<\/a>…<\/p>\n

Previous posts about toes: 0.5<\/a>, 1<\/a>, 2<\/a>, 3<\/a>, 4<\/a>, 5<\/a>, 6<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Prem Panicker<\/a> writes in:<\/p>\n

\n

There’s a Neo Sports ad out just now that might interest you.<\/p>\n

Big hoarding, dominated by an image of a foot with a crushed big toe, and blood leaking out.<\/p>\n

The tag line reads: Last year, Brett Lee’s Yorkers didn’t always hit the wicket. Our turn to return the favour.<\/p>\n

That’s the best they can do to promote what could be an intriguing Test series?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Well, I suppose juvenile bluster is an improvement on ‘Pakraman’-style warfare metaphors. But does anyone really need to promote this series?<\/p>\n

Also, how will our fast bowlers bear the weight of such expectation? The most famous attempted yorker in India’s history turned out to be quite a disaster<\/a>…<\/p>\n

Previous posts about toes: 0.5<\/a>, 1<\/a>, 2<\/a>, 3<\/a>, 4<\/a>, 5<\/a>, 6<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,14,10,17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nA Crushed Big Toe - India Uncut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/a-crushed-big-toe\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Crushed Big Toe - India Uncut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Prem Panicker writes in: There’s a Neo Sports ad out just now that might interest you. Big hoarding, dominated by an image of a foot with a crushed big toe, and blood leaking out. 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