At first I thought it was a lightbulb going off as it didn't sound like a proper shotgun or like a rifle.

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At first thought, this device is quite clever and yet isn't there that nagging feeling that someone should have developed this decades ago?

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"When I bowled the first over and it went for 13 I thought this wasn't too much fun but at least I could get my own back with my batting!"

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