{"id":31219,"date":"2016-04-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/stephen-mullighan-ridicules-idea-to-ban-hard-cricket-balls\/"},"modified":"2016-04-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T00:00:00","slug":"stephen-mullighan-ridicules-idea-to-ban-hard-cricket-balls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/stephen-mullighan-ridicules-idea-to-ban-hard-cricket-balls\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Mullighan ridicules idea to ban hard cricket balls"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>State Member for Lee Stephen Mullighan has ridiculed a council suggestion to ban hard cricket balls in public parks, saying he knows \u201cmore than most\u201d how important it is to use proper cricket balls.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cFor a very average, struggling, aging cricketer like me I would know more than most how long it takes you to get into some level of form before the beginning of the season,\u201d Mr Mullighan told David and Will on FIVEAA breakfast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou need to go down there on a weekend or possibly during daylight savings late after work and gently roll the arm over, and not to be able to do that sort of thing because you\u2019re using a hard cricket ball is just ridiculous,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<h3>LISTEN TO STEPHEN MULLIGHAN HERE:<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/260101031&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Stephen Mullighan ridicules idea to ban hard cricket balls | FIVEAA\" title=\"Stephen Mullighan ridicules idea to ban hard cricket balls | FIVEAA\" height=\"326\" width=\"608\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/mullighan_tweet.png\" \/><\/p>\n<h6>Image |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SMullighan\" target=\"_blank\">@SMullighan<\/a><\/h6>\n<h3>Mr Mullighan said the idea was \u201cfloated\u201d by one councillor, but paid tribute to other councillors, including the deputy mayor, who quickly tried to shut it down.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThey very quickly at the meeting pooh-poohed the idea, so I\u2019d be very surprised if it gets up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think a lot of people on that council have called it out for what it is, and that\u2019s a bit of a crazy idea that shouldn\u2019t go any further,\u201d he said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/power-coach-ken-hinkley-backs-his-assistant-coaches\">KEN HINKLEY SHOOTS DOWN PORT ADELAIDE RUMOUR<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/david-and-will\/offshore-patrol-announcement-makes-sa-subs-more-likely-says-premier-weatherill\">PREMIER SAYS SA SUB BUILD NOW MORE LIKELY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State Member for Lee Stephen Mullighan has ridiculed a council suggestion to ban hard cricket balls in public parks, saying he knows \u201cmore than most\u201d how important it is to use proper cricket balls. \u201cFor a very average, struggling, aging cricketer like me I would know more than most how long it takes you to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":18696,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[244,231],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-31219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-david-and-will","category-show"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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