Pup In Paradise

Canine Fanciers,

MJ Clarke obviously finds the Caribbean to his liking.
And who can blame him?
Nice weather, no shortage of coconut palm trees, sandy beaches, beautiful women everywhere, rum cocktails aplenty, and foot long scoobs personally hand rolled by the many direct decendants of Bob Marley.
Then there's the gumbo.
Capped off a marvelous tour with a Michelle Pfieffer in the 4th innings of the 3rd test to win the match single-handedly, not to mention a couple of very smart catches.
He would have had that far away look in his eyes as he surveyed Windsor Park on coming onto the ground on the last day thinking to himself "if no one else can do it, I'll bowl this mob out meself".
Looks like he has made a miracle recovery from his chronic case of Shagger's Back, chiming in with 23 overs, after he'd hardly bowled all tour, one or two overs here and there to get a change of end happening.
Nothing wrong with a batting captain fancying his own bowling when the conditions are just perfect for his left arm wobbly dibbly dobblers.
A shame, as with all Day Five's, there was no one there to see it.
The 188 tour aggregate won't hurt his test average that much, but the niggardly would say he could have converted one or maybe two more digs into sizeable scores.
However, big time credit is due for taking a massive punt on an inspirational sporting declaration at Kensington Oval, 45 runs behind, and backing his players to go on with the job, for a most unlikely victory.
Magnificent.
Gold Star.
What's not to like about any of the above?
Even though the vast majority of the Australian population would have been looking the other way, 2-0 sees Pup unbeaten as skipper in test series', which was certainly noted by those who still care about the long form, even though most were fast asleep at the time, like me, and didn't witness a single frame live.
Always a case of read all about it in the morning fishwraps, and have a look at the scorebox.
Is it too early for the general public to give the bloke the long overdue bloody respect he deserves for being the first class captain he's rapidly becoming?
Or is that too much to ask?
Can't fathom the attitude
Just don't know.
Perhaps it's because showing respect is beyond most people, as they are afflicted with the Tall Poppy Syndrome.
If Pup can get any longevity going despite his chronic injuries, could end up as one of the all-time greats in the Pantheon of Strayan Captains, for mine.
But, then again, would say that.