Australian cricket young gun channels Mario Balotelli and REFUSES to celebrate his maiden century in the Sheffield Shield despite emulating Ricky Ponting: ‘Tax accountants don’t celebrate when they do their tax return’
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Rising star Teague Wyllie scored a sublime ton to help get Western Australia‘s Sheffield Shield title defence off to a flying start, but the young gun was in no mood to celebrate.
The batsman, aged 18 years and 163 days, scored a heroic 104 runs off 204 balls to become the youngest player to hit triple figures since cricket legend Ricky Ponting.
His knock helped lift the Warriors to 258, giving them an invaluable 78-run first-innings lead.
Young cricketer Teague Wyllie has channeled Mario Balotelli in the Sheffield Shield
The 18-year-old scored 104 runs but refused to take off his helmet when he passed triple digits
However, Wyllie opted not to follow tradition and remove his helmet when he reached the big milestone, and his captain, Sam Whiteman, explained how his young teammate’s non-celebration was taken straight out of Mario Balotelli’s playbook.
‘He [Wyllie] said ‘tax accountants don’t celebrate when they do their tax return so I shouldn’t celebrate scoring a hundred’. He loves batting and is an impressive young man. He feels like he’s 28.’
Speaking to reporters, Wyllie explained: ‘A lot of the lads take the mickey out of me for not taking the helmet off but I just don’t like the attention from it. My old boy drilled into me when you get a hundred that the job is not done.’
He said that he believes it is not right to ‘carry-on’ when you are simply doing your job
His comments are eerily similar to footballer Mario Balotelli when he spoke of postmen
Italian footballer Balotelli famously quipped: ‘When I score, I don’t celebrate. When a postman delivers letters, does he celebrate?’ and Wyllie appears to adopt a similar stance.
He added: ‘I’ve never been a massive fan of carrying-on… because I’m just trying to get the team into a good position.
‘Test cricket is the goal and I believe it is the pinnacle when it comes to cricket,’ he added. ‘I’ve always loved batting for a long period of time.
‘I idolised Rahul Dravid growing up. He values his wicket more than anyone. Growing up I modelled my game on him a bit when it comes to valuing his wicket and batting for long periods.’
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