The Guardian's Simon Hattenstone, while doing a hilarious take on the Twenty20 Cup's finals day, praises Tyron Henderson, the South African allrounder who helped Middlesex clinch the title.
And the star of the day? A burly bloke from South Africa, of course, even if he was wanting for a moustache. Out walked Tyron Henderson like Buzz Lightyear on steroids - epic name for an epic occasion. He might as well have been called Butch Biblical. He looked at his bat, and his bat looked at him as if begging for clemency. No chance. Seven sixes later Middlesex were in the final with 26 balls to spare. The biggest of the day was heaved straight down the ground. "Oh what a beauty, I've never seen one as big as that before," sang Bumble [David Lloyd] louchely. This was more up Pompeii than conventional cricket.
"We think long and hard when to deploy Tyron," said Middlesex's crocked captain, Ed Smith. The missile metaphor was not accidental. Henderson's philosophy is simple - smack it. "If I see it, I hit it."
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