An old friend of mine used to be an insurance investigator. He had a shed load of eye-popping, and hilarious, stories about people scamming for benefits which involved, among other things, golf, tennis, cricket, football and house building, and which involved a lot more than five quid a week (and oddly, which all appeared to involve ethnic stereotypes):
Boosbeck cricketer kept wicket while claiming thousands in disability benefits
A cricketer was seen keeping wicket and batting for his local club while he claimed thousands of pounds in disability benefits. Stewart Lorains’ £22,000 three-year benefit fraud landed him in the dock at Teesside Crown Court for the first time in his life.
Fuck me, it's David Bairstow.
Posted by: Big Ramifications | Wednesday, October 09, 2013 at 11:48 AM
Give me that link of Riff Raff getting a line ball smack on the bonce while the old codger in the crowd yells "dead ball! dead ball!"
I need it.
I need it bad.
Posted by: Big Ramifications | Wednesday, October 09, 2013 at 11:53 AM
You'll have to do the hard yards, Biggy. I cannot remember where it is.
Posted by: Tony Tea | Wednesday, October 09, 2013 at 12:04 PM
That's "line drive", not "line ball."
I think you should leave all the hipster American cross over commentary to me, mmmkay?
Full marks for David Bairstow, however. You are psychotic.
Posted by: Dwayne Russell | Wednesday, October 09, 2013 at 12:15 PM
You don't deserve nice things, Tony. http://aftergrogblog.blogs.com/cricket/2012/02/undead-ball.html
Posted by: Big Ramifications | Wednesday, October 09, 2013 at 03:26 PM
David Bairstow has been dead 10 years or more.
Posted by: Tony Tea | Wednesday, October 09, 2013 at 03:26 PM
Unless that was another insurance rort.
Posted by: Professor Rosseforp | Thursday, October 10, 2013 at 10:02 PM