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Mirror, mirror on the sight-screen, who is the sexiest cricketer of them all? It is almost a ritual in some of the other glamorous sports around the world to have their players rank in frequent compilations of the hottest, sexiest sport stars – 10 sexiest footballers this and 10 hottest athletes that.Cricket, historically, has been a game of moral uprightness, the gentleman’s game as they say. But with cash flowing into cricket, the game is well on its way to be glossed up like other sports. The waxing of glamor in the game means that it is time for us to recognize the innate beauty of our stars – by the way, I am straight as a bamboo stick. So here is ElectricWicket’s All Sexed-up Cricket XI, in no particular order, drawn from contemporary cricketers. You also get to rate them in a poll that will be later:
Michael “Pup” Clarke: His face emanates a sly naughtiness, and is generally termed as cute – a word used ad nauseam by the fairer sex. He comes across as a confident young lad with a precocious poise. The boyish charm seems to do the trick for him.
Brett “Rockstar” Lee: Rockstar’s have a certain sexual aura that has even allowed their weirdest idiosyncrasies to be passed on as sexiness. However, Lee is not your weird Rockstar, but a subdued one. He lives life in the fast lane, loves his music and guitar, possesses a clean demeanor, and is affable. Just the guy you can take home and be confident that you won’t be on the front pages of English tabloids the next morning, or any morning, ala Warne and his nymphets.
Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff: His imposing frame and unshaven look is enough to earn him a part of a mythological warrior in a grandiose cinematic tale. He wields his bat like a hammer and spears in the ball at a sinister gait. The aggression only lends to his sex appeal.
Brendon McCullum: The Kiwis seem to weigh the looks of keepers as much as their skills behind and in front of the stumps before throwing them a black cap, that is what Adam Parore and McCullum seem to suggest. Brendon McCullum is a livewire as a keeper and can disperse the ball to all parts of the park with his plundering strikes. With Astle – arguably the most handsome Kiwi player until not long ago – having hung up his cricket kit, McCullum is the sexiest Black Cap with his pretty face, urban hairdo, bulging biceps and a sexy tattoo.
Kevin Pietersen: When he broke into the English side, his over-the-top hairstyle garnered mixed reviews. However, he soon scaled the heights of sexiness by helping transform a timid English side – and with it the detractors of his trademark crimson strand of hair – with his rapier-esque blade. That galling hairstyle has been trimmed down to his scalp only enhancing his Sexual Quotient (SQ). Now down to his embellishments: He has pierced ears, wears a steel ring and a “live strong” wrist band.
We have named five players of our All Sexed-up Cricket XI and six more sexiness-exuding cricketers remain. After the second part is live, there will be a poll for you to vote, so bookmark this blog or subscribe to the e-mail feed and stick around for the second part and the poll. Tell us what you think of the men who have made it and the ones you think should be among the remaining five.
