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The Call of the Wicketkeeper.(Poetry)(Poem)

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| September 01, 2003 | Grant, Jamie | COPYRIGHT 2003 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

 
   THE CALL OF THE WICKETKEEPER 
 
   The scowling bowler sends down a fast ball 
   which pitches on the line of middle stump. 
   The wicketkeeper half-chokes on a call 
 
   which sounds like a scavenging gull, for all 
   its force--a distant chorus, "Howzat, Ump?" 
   The bowler just sends down another ball. 
 
   The batsman crouches low, and then stands tall. 
   Deliveries stay down, while others jump. 
   "Well bowled," he hears the wicketkeeper's ...

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