Random Cricket Photos Post 114



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Since someone mentioned yesterday that most of my stories are about the major Test playing nations and not from other countries, well here's one for you.

In 2014, Brendan Taylor decided to tie the knot at the age of 28 with Kelly Anne Readings. The date fixed was March 29th.

But it wasn't going to be easy.

The World T20 fixtures were announced soon after the date was finalized and Taylor calculated that if Zimbabwe progressed beyond the group stages, his wedding day might clash with one of the match days. And so, Taylor postponed it and found a new date for the important day. 29th April.

On 12th February, Taylor found himself in a fix once again as something he wasn't expecting happened. An IPL franchise had picked him at the auctions. Due to elections, the IPL this time was to start on April 16 and end in June. Luckily for Taylor, his bosses at Sunrisers Hyderabad relented and he was allowed to join the team a little later, after he had tied the knot.

On the day when he got picked up, he told EspnCricinfo in an interview, "I didn't think I would get an IPL deal so I thought April was safe. I am going to have to ask very nicely for two days off so I can come back and get married, otherwise maybe I won't have a fiancee to marry anymore. And the honeymoon can wait."

Sadly for Taylor, the honeymoon did wait but he got no IPL match to play in that while.

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