The Structure Is Set, Ya Never Change It With A Ballot Pull (Vol.6)

Outside the Line's weekly poll had been put on rest for a little while, partly because the results for the previous one were too close to call, and partly because we never got around to changing it. Voting has now tapered off, so here are the final results:

                                                                                          

So what do these results tell us? For one, that Michael Hussey seems to overachieve in every activity in which he's involved, even lowly online polls. Voters obviously decided he would be as ruthlessly efficient at illegal trafficking as he is at building middle-order innings,  so we can't argue.

Initially, we thought Parthiv's cherubic face would help him rank him higher, but it's clear that the boy is truly growing up. Chin pubes may not win you back a place in the Indian team, but they'll definitely alert customs officials.

We also learned that no matter what he does, Nathan Bracken will never get any love. We thought the fact that he's so often overlooked, while still performing as well as anyone else, would make him an ideal candidate for illicit activity. It turns out he got overlooked even for that.

Finally, we also learned that our readers are racists. (Why else would Russel Arnold end up as the second-highest vote-getter? Has he broken the law before? Has he had a history of indiscipline? Does he have any record of drug use?) Shame on you, people.

On to this week's question. We want to find out what the ultimate individual batting shot is in cricket, and who plays it. There were too many candidates to fit into just one poll, so we've decided to divide it into three different heats, with the top two vote-getters advancing to the final. Vote it up, peoples.

Comments

[Avik]

And why on earth no comment about Ganguly??? Come on D.S... He has done as bad (or good) as Parthiv or Bracken... Don't be like Indian ODI selectors and ignore this man completely... It hurts y'know...

[D.S. Henry]

There was no intensional snub there, Avik. I just had nothing to say on Ganguly.

Maybe that tells why he didn't rank very highly... he can't keep a low profile. Some fan/hater of his will always come out and blow his cover.

(Oh, and all that blinking and twitching makes it hard for him to stay inconspicuous. He should pick a better brand of saline solution for his contacts.)