![]() ![]() Higher up the batting order, a diminutive left-hander named David Warner was taking on the characteristics of the 'Bull' nickname that had been bestowed upon him by his New South Wales teammate Daniel Smith. "He'd been watching the bison on the National Geographic channel, and he'd learned that a bison's head weighed about 200 kilos, which he thought was about the same as Mitch Marsh's head." ![]() "As Mitch Marsh gets on, he says, 'Bison!' "We were heading up to Kwekwe, and 'Dizzy' (Gillespie) was on the bus with us," remembers then Australia A head coach Troy Cooley. Jason Gillespie, who was coaching domestically in Zimbabwe at the time, was responsible for one. ![]() ![]() While the 'GOAT' nickname for young groundsman-turned-tweaker Nathan Lyon was still many years from materialising, a couple of other monikers within the camp were being created or consolidated. True to the impressive array of wildlife the country has to offer, there was something of an animal theme emerging during Australia A's tour of Zimbabwe in July 2011. "The bull never sleeps – he's always coming at you" - David Warner ![]()
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