Thursday 17 September, 2009

One of their kind

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While Mr. George Abraham, the founder of WBCC, himself fancied being a fast bowler like Dennis Lillee, here is another man.

Born In Zimbabwe, Dean Du Plessis is blind since childhood: He reportedly had retinal tumors which I believe to have been retinoblastoma.

This chap uses the stump microphone and his accentuated hearing to occupy his seat in the commentator box. He has covered test matches, one day internationals and even 20 20 matches!

Aren't they one of their kind?

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2 comments:

kaustubh said...

dear MJ,
i read about this guy from Zimbabwe. just amazing.
a few months ago ( i dont know why people have started using back instead of ago) i saw a you tube video posted on a blog about a blind african american teen navigating with the help of acoustics like bats do. will post u the link if i can.

kaustubh said...

hi MJ,
heres the link to the youtube video. put it up on ur blog if u want. my blogs pretty thanda right now. no time!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c49dS76KhGc