De Zorzi is only two innings into his new position at the top of the order ©AFP
Tony de Zorzi's new day job is strictly for serious people. Comedians need not apply. Opening the batting in Test cricket is not for them. It's for exemplars of earnestness like Jack Hobbs, Gautam Gambhir, David Warner, Kepler Wessels and Gordon Greenidge.
There are exceptions. No-one could accuse Herschelle Gibbs, Chris Gayle, David Boon, Mark Butcher or Virender Sehwag of being dour. But, mostly, openers are buttoned-down and strait-laced. They're about rolling with the punches, not with the punchlines. It's not difficult to understand why - facing the best fast bowlers armed with new balls on fresh pitches isn't funny.
And then there's De Zorzi, who after the
