The Remarkable Resurrection of the Wild and Eccentric Mark Vermeulen
Scene 1 : Playing as a batsman in a calm friendly cricket match at his distinguished school in Harare, Zimbabwe, this young prodigy named Mark Andrew Vermeulen failed to control anger when given out leg before wicket by the umpire. He retorted by pulling the stumps out of the ground and by going into the dressing room and locking himself up in there. He then went on to become the captain of the Zimbabwe Under-19 team. Scene 2, Mid-2003, England : After a disastrous day at the office while playing for his country Zimbabwe against England in a test match, where he had got out for a duck in both innings on the same day, Vermeulen had altercations with the team management and refused to travel with the rest of the team back to the team hotel. Earlier in the series, he had refused to field a ball in the outfield at Hove, citing the weather to be too cold for him to stretch himself. He had actually scored a hundred there a day ago (as can be seen in the picture below)! Team management...