When you want to bowl, bowl ? don't chew.

Published>Tue, Feb 02 10 03:11 PM

Shahid Afridi is once again in the news for his on-field tamper tantrums. The Pakistani player is no stranger to controversies, and in return, controversies seem to court him with alarming frequency.
This time, however, he?s bitten off more than he can chew. Close on the heels of his not-so-successful attempt at turning the game versus Australia in his favour, he's the butt (no offense to Salman Butt) of many a ?Bite me!? joke on Twitter.
Twitterer @i_r_squared had many a ready pun on Afridi?s biting abilities ? sample this. ?Shahid Afridi thinks incisive bowling involves incisors somewhere? and ?Shahid Afridi has the perfect answer to Ricky Ponting - Dental Disintegration?. @notytony, crossword aficionado, came up with ?All this noise about the Shahid incident is munch ado about nothing? and "Pakistan are a Chomp-ion side.?

@abhishekmadan, was a bit (pun unintended) more understanding in his tweets ? ?Enough. No more Afridi bashing. He was my hero when I was a kid. This has left a bitter taste in the mouth? and ?Please don't pick on Afridi, he's got mouths to feed.? And as was expected, the #AfridiBites hashtag was born, became popular, and is still being populated as we speak.
Not being able to bite the seams off the ball, Afridi?s tendered his apology, been penalized (not heavily enough, says @prempanicker on Twitter) and has actually managed to mix up his taste buds with his olfactory senses.
Our question, however, is ? will Afridi?s toothsome travails pave the way for stricter laws on tampering in international cricket? Who will sink their teeth into this?
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