The dreadlocked figure in Queensland colours stood out at Brisbane's Allan Border Field today - but not for his batting.
All eyes were on Australian discard Andrew Symonds in his first game for the Bulls since the infamous "gone fishing" controversy.
But Symonds could only amass a total of three runs from nine balls in Queensland's Twenty20 double header against Indian Premier League outfit the Kolkata Knight Riders.
If that was not frustrating enough, Symonds missed a chance to tie game two with another trademark fans wanted to see - his fielding.
Symonds' shy at the stumps went wide, allowing Kolkata to scamper through for the winning run on the final ball of the match.
Symonds had ticked all the boxes in his comeback to date, issuing a public apology for the Darwin debacle before swallowing his pride and hitting the Brisbane grade scene.
And the stage was set for batting fireworks at the small Allan Border Field in the doubleheader today - instead Symonds' effort with the bat was a real fizzer.
He managed just two in Queensland's convincing game one victory before backing up with a solitary run in the Bulls' exciting one wicket loss this afternoon.
At least Symonds was effective with the ball, finishing with a miserly 0-8 off four overs - including three straight maidens - in game one before backing up with 2-24 off three in the second.
There was speculation that Symonds had been pencilled in as a shadow player by Australian selectors if anyone was injured in the current Indian tour, so impressed had they been by his handling of his setback.
He backed up a handy all-round effort in his comeback match in Brisbane grade cricket last weekend with 49 off 33 balls for the Gold Coast Dolphins against Sandgate-Redcliffe yesterday.
But Symonds would have been disappointed with his batting effort today against a developing Knight Riders team featuring only a handful of players with first class experience.
A tightlipped Symonds only said after the match that it had been a "fun day".
In game one, the Knight Riders were restricted to 8-79 off their 20 overs.
The Bulls roared to 0-82 by the eighth over after Clinton Perren cracked an unbeaten 50 with 11 fours and Greg Moller a lively 32 not out.
To give the visitors much needed practice, the Bulls agreed to bat on and chase a revised total of 179.
But the Bulls also made light work of that, reaching 3-180 in the 18th over thanks to Perren (66 off 31 balls) and Moller (74 off 40).
In game two, Queensland were bowled out for 129 in the 17th over with skipper Chris Simpson top scoring with 34.
Kolkata scampered home at 9-130 on the final ball following Symonds' miss.
Former Bull Michael Buchanan - son of Kolkata and ex-Australian coach John Buchanan - top scored with 49 for the visitors while Queensland quick Ben Cutting took 4-28 off four overs.
The remaining Twenty20 doubleheaders will be played on Tuesday and Thursday.
