Matty - Top of the Kiwi and ICC tree
Squarely unfairly unsung in bowling’s top of the pops….got the props..is it because he’s from the far flung wop wops?
Mastery of seam…artistry of swing…big ticks for tricks at a decent lick…could be my dream pick with hints and glints of the fasts of the past…maybe the last ultimate old school quick
Tother treasured fruits who have pleasured in cahoots hung up their boots….Timmy did his final shimmy, Jimmy’s still miffed at getting biffed
Shammy with injury penury's been less than jammy…not being crass but does outgun Abbas who has been shun can’t get a recent decent run
And that’s all folks with the ball for top bloke Chris Woakes.. so who's the new number one
The remaining reigning cool cat of verve, curve and swerve and all that…has to be Matt
The truth.. become a couth ..on the hoof sleuth.. elementary but not aloof like Sherlock…no shock...batting hemlock...don’t get ratty its natty Matty Henry
Not just the black cap chap..who leads the attack on the track who made Zack flap…crack…purely and surely Crawley who played so poorly..looked crap
Or a stonker with the conker in that tit for tat spat with India & fat cat Virat as in the first test
Henry started the ascent of cricket’s Everest …the ultimate conquest…as gosh bish bash bosh..3 nil whitewash
Sometimes it takes a while to reach your sublime prime where wiles..smiles and guile chime
Matt hadn’t done badly…now 33 top of the Kiwi tree after the famous 3…the latest sage in beige to rage on the centre stage & on the back page
Gladly with flair in the air..can bewitch off the pitch.. be a successor & heir to compare to the professor in his gilded cage…Hadlee
If that makes you wince…gets your dander up…don’t start…not ersatz…have a gander & pander to the stats not propaganda
In all formats…since 2024 with his art & big heart playing his part…street smart..some figures to chart & impart
64 test wickets at 24…or for one dayer naysayers…24 at 15 & got plenty in T 20…did glean 22 at 17
Some cough…others may scoff…think something's off…no caveat…finally gets his pass as an ICC VIP
Now top brass out on the grass..makes the Tests top 3 behind in the luxury larder
Only kowtowed to the OG wizardry of Boom Boom & poetry of KG Rabada
Understand unsung Henry does belong…which is why rat a tat tat…I doff my hat.. to the latest greatest proud en song superfly guy
From the land of the long white cloud in the sky…let’s grandstand with a loud brass band the class of Matt …& give him a hand
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