Tony de Zorzi’s serious silliness

“It was another opportunity for me to talk nonsense, so I enjoyed it.” – Tony de Zorzi

Telford Vice / Cape Town

TONY de Zorzi’s new day job is strictly for serious people. Comedians need not apply. Opening the batting in Test cricket is not for them. It’s for exemplars of earnestness like Jack Hobbs, Gautam Gambhir, David Warner, Kepler Wessels and Gordon Greenidge.

There are exceptions. No-one could accuse Herschelle Gibbs, Chris Gayle, David Boon, Mark Butcher or Virender Sehwag of ...