England saw signs of how good Tamim was out in the Desh, but today the world saw it. To make a better-than-run-a-ball century, at Lord's, irregardless of country, is a spectacular event, as seen by the long standing ovation Tamim received when he finally fell for one big shot too many. While naysayers can say England didn't bowl well or that they should have played a five man attack (or Broad), cricket must stand an applaud a fantastic achievement from the 21 year old.
Tamim is the shining light of the Bangladesh team, which begs the question of how good can he be? He will undoubtably be the best Deshi player over the next 5ish years, but on the basis of that innings, he could fit his way into any test team in the world. It was a Sehwag-esque innings, and that's no exaggeration.
Bangladesh may well lose this test match, and will probably lose the next one as well, but Tamim's reputation and confidence will have been enhanced by what was one of the best test innings Lord's has ever seen. Take a bow, son.
Sunday, 30 May 2010
New Ball Blues
Tim Bresnan's been called many things in his time. Portly. Roly-poly. Tubby. Fat. Carrying some timber. But England's new ball bowler shouldn't be one of them.
Steven Finn has been picked for this test ahead of Stuart Broad in order to give the young Watfordian some test match experience, ahead of the Ashes this winter. Fair enough. But surely England see Finn as an opening bowler, with his pace and height being perfect for when the ball's at it's hardest. So why isn't Finn bowling first up against the Desh?
The powers that be are trying to be nice to Jimmy Anderson after not playing him in the World T20; making sure he bowls the most, and gets to choose what end he would like. And as England's leader of the attack, Anderson is well within his right to pick the Pavilion End to have his first hurl from. Much has been made of Finn's reluctance to bowl from the Nursery End, but Andrew Strauss should have given him two words if he complained. Man up.
If the selectors want to give Finn test match experience, the best experience for him will be bowling from an 'unfamiliar' end (or as unfamiliar as an end can be at one's own ground). Evidently, it was decided that Finn shouldn't have the new-ball from the Nursery End, so Bresnan got to have his go.
While Bresnan's stock has risen in the England team on the back of a successful tour of Bangladesh, and winning the World T20, he won't be England's new ball bowler on the first morning at Brisbane. Put simply, he is not an international new ball bowler. Despite experimentation, it's been decided that Broad is not either. Barring an incredibly unlikely return for Steve Harmison, the honour of sharing the cherry with Anderson will be a straight shoot-out between Finn and Graham Onions. A Graham Onions who won't have played much cricket. And a Steven Finn who won't have done much new ball bowling for England.
Surely it would make sense for Finn to take the new ball, regardless of end until the end of the summer, so his discovery of experience is extended further. If England are using this Bangladesh series as a way of formulating plans for this winter, (which the resting of Broad and Collingwood certainly suggests), it would certainly make sense Strauss to throw Finn the ball first. And if Finn bowls as well as he did in the first innings, he's going to earn his place on merit (and not just because others have been rested).
Steven Finn has been picked for this test ahead of Stuart Broad in order to give the young Watfordian some test match experience, ahead of the Ashes this winter. Fair enough. But surely England see Finn as an opening bowler, with his pace and height being perfect for when the ball's at it's hardest. So why isn't Finn bowling first up against the Desh?
The powers that be are trying to be nice to Jimmy Anderson after not playing him in the World T20; making sure he bowls the most, and gets to choose what end he would like. And as England's leader of the attack, Anderson is well within his right to pick the Pavilion End to have his first hurl from. Much has been made of Finn's reluctance to bowl from the Nursery End, but Andrew Strauss should have given him two words if he complained. Man up.
If the selectors want to give Finn test match experience, the best experience for him will be bowling from an 'unfamiliar' end (or as unfamiliar as an end can be at one's own ground). Evidently, it was decided that Finn shouldn't have the new-ball from the Nursery End, so Bresnan got to have his go.
While Bresnan's stock has risen in the England team on the back of a successful tour of Bangladesh, and winning the World T20, he won't be England's new ball bowler on the first morning at Brisbane. Put simply, he is not an international new ball bowler. Despite experimentation, it's been decided that Broad is not either. Barring an incredibly unlikely return for Steve Harmison, the honour of sharing the cherry with Anderson will be a straight shoot-out between Finn and Graham Onions. A Graham Onions who won't have played much cricket. And a Steven Finn who won't have done much new ball bowling for England.
Surely it would make sense for Finn to take the new ball, regardless of end until the end of the summer, so his discovery of experience is extended further. If England are using this Bangladesh series as a way of formulating plans for this winter, (which the resting of Broad and Collingwood certainly suggests), it would certainly make sense Strauss to throw Finn the ball first. And if Finn bowls as well as he did in the first innings, he's going to earn his place on merit (and not just because others have been rested).
Wednesday, 26 May 2010
Prime Minister's Address to the England Team
While the rest of the world saw David Cameron's congratulations to the England team on winning the World T20, the Short Third Man was lucky enough to uncover the new PM's first draft of his letter of congratulations.
I would like to offer my hearty congratulations to Colin Wood and his England team for winning the World Cricket Cup, at the Oval last week. I would also like to congratulate Peter Senn for winning Father of the Year whilst at the tournament.
The multi-cultural nature of the English team reflects the multi-cultural nature of British society, and is a great advert for how former British colonies can unite together.
Regards,
David Cameron (PM and a jolly nice chap)
I would like to offer my hearty congratulations to Colin Wood and his England team for winning the World Cricket Cup, at the Oval last week. I would also like to congratulate Peter Senn for winning Father of the Year whilst at the tournament.
The multi-cultural nature of the English team reflects the multi-cultural nature of British society, and is a great advert for how former British colonies can unite together.
Regards,
David Cameron (PM and a jolly nice chap)
Tuesday, 25 May 2010
England Team of the Year 2009/10
As a cricketing nation, England haven't had a bad last 12 months. After losing three consecutive series (and three consecutive captains) in the previous summer - summer window, not much was predicted for a team low on confidence, ability or form. 12 months later, all has changed, with an Ashes urn and World T20 trophy safely in the Lord's Trophy Room. And as it's awards season (with Graeme Swann picking up player of the year last night), I've decided to look at who would make England's across-all-formats best eleven of the last year.
1) Andrew Strauss (captain)
Man of the series in the Ashes win, Strauss led England to victory against Australia, and an unlikely draw in South Africa. Also returned as a one-day force, being the only English batsman to come out of the Australia ODI series in any credit, as well as a strong Champions Trophy. But for missing out on runs in South Africa (and literally missing out in Bangladesh) would have run Swann close for Player of the Year.
2) Alastair Cook
While 2009/10 was not his best year in an England shirt, Cook answered his critics with a gutsy knock in Durban after calls for him to be dropped after an indifferent Ashes. However, doubters should not forget his classy 95 in a winning cause at Lord's. Also made two hundreds in the away Bangladesh series.
3) Ian Bell
While I will never be Bell's biggest fan, and have called for him to be dropped as much as any, it's impossible to not pick Bell in the team of the year. Bell has the annoying knack of always doing enough to justify being in the team, and three hundreds on the tour of South Africa and Bangladesh do enough to get him into the middle order. Bell's class does shine through his lack of mental fortitude, and his gritty 80-odd at the Oval is often overlooked, but was vital in England bringing the Ashes home. Begrudging applause from the Short Third Man.
4) Paul Collingwood
Gritty. Nuggety. Determined. Defiant. Stubborn. Generic northern cliche. But for Paul Collingwood, England would have lost three tests which they drew (Cardiff, Centurion and Cape Town), meaning England would not have won the Ashes, and would have lost 3-1 in South Africa. This, if nothing else, shows Collingwood's importance to the team. Collingwood is the bedrock of the England team, with dramatic diving catches, dibbly-dobbly seamers and defiant defence firmly planting him into the team of the year. Firmly part of all three codes, Collingwood is England's highest ever ODI appearance maker (and he took a century on the day he broke the record). And he's the only man to captain England to an ICC event win. Which can't be bad.
5) Eoin Morgan
Morgan completes England's ginger middle order twosome, and is the only player in the team of the year to not have played test cricket. However, by being far and away England's one day player of the year, he will undoubtably have played a bit of test cricket by this time on Thursday. Morgan has been used in a variety of roles in the limited over middle-order, as a master-blasting "finisher", a middle-over "anchor", and a run-rate "accelerator". Morgan has fulfilled all of these roles with aplomb over the past 12 months (don't forget; this time last year he'd only ever played internationally for Ireland), with an unbeated T20 85 against South Africa, and his first international century against Bangladesh being further highlights. Morgan was also one of many English heroes who won the World T20, and fully deserves his place in the team of the year.
6) Matt Prior (wicket-keeper)
England have used four wicket-keepers this past year, but only one has been able to firmly grab hold and keep his place in the team. Matt Prior. Prior's much-maligned keeping has improved no end, being able to take some real blinders in the Ashes win. While he did not flourish with the bat, he was often on hand for some useful quick runs (Lord's being a prime example) throughout the 12 months. While he may be sweating over the emergence of Craig Kieswetter, Prior knows that for the moment, the gloves are in his court.
7) Andrew Flintoff
Can you really make England's team of the year on the back of one completed series? And on the back of (ultimately) one good bowling performance? While Flintoff's stats and averages will not support it, as someone who was at Lord's on that Monday morning where he blew Australia away, something special was happening. The God and after-God that is Andrew Flintoff was superb, and his prescence, even if it wasn't him scoring the runs or taking the wickets like it was in 2005, the fact that he was there whipped the crowd and team into such a fervour that England had to win. It's no coincidence that the one game he missed, England were crucified. It's also no coincidence that as the crowd were beginning to lower their volume, he produced an outstanding pick-up and throw to run out Ricky Ponting in the fifth test. Flintoff's personal performances were not as outstanding, but simply having him in the team would give it an unprecedented aura. While we may not see Flintoff in an England shirt again, he makes it into the English team of the year.
8) Tim Bresnan
Tim Bresnan started last year as a bit-part one day player who hadn't made the previous few squads. He starts this as a one-day new-ball bowler, and an important part of the team for all three codes. Forcing his way back into the test team after being ousted for the Ashes, Bresnan has proven with his high level of one day performance that he is a capable international player. Bresnan has also showed a comittment to his fitness by trimming down, and while he is not the most athletic, he can swing the ball and score useful lower order runs, which should see him on the plane to Australia this winter. And it also sees it into my team of the year.
9) Graeme Swann Player of the Year
Quite simply England's best player over the past 12 months. Swann took crucial wickets, scored crucial runs and told not-as-crucial jokes in interviews. After getting the West Indies out for fun, Swann turned his attention to the Australians, and was as important player as any in the Ashes win. His "ball-of-the-century 2" to Ponting at Edgbaston was "one for the grandkids", as, no doubt, was taking the final Ashes winning wicket. South Africa was next, and his 85 runs and 5 first innings wickets kept England in the game in Centurion. He then took an unprecedented 9 wickets in Durban as England closed the decade with arguably their best away performance of the noughties. While the series in South Africa ended on a sour note, Swann took a maiden ten-wicket haul in the first Bangladeshi test as England took an easy series win. Away from tests, Swann was England's tightest ODI bowler, and took a maiden fivefer in the most important ODI against Australia (the '1' in the 6-1). His guile was crucial in the Caribbean, alongside Michael Yardy, as he bowled England to a World T20 victory. Overall, Swann was clearly England's best player of the past 12 months, and clearly deserves his place in the team of the year.
10) Stuart Broad
Broad's spell in the final Ashes test won the urn, but he has contributed more than that. He's the only fast bowler to have consistently appeared in all formats of the game, and has been England's best ODI bowler. Offering swing, seam and bounce, as well as sometimes crucial late-order runs, Broad has again improved through the last 12 months, and hopes to move on further over the next year.
11) Jimmy Anderson
At times the only bowler who scared Australia, Anderson has developed an ability to threaten even when the ball is not swinging. Unlucky to have missed out as England won the World T20, Anderson is still England's flagship test fast bowler, and will continue to fulfil that role over the next 12 months.
So - that's my team of the last year, what do you all make of it? No Pietersen, Trott or Onions...
1) Andrew Strauss (captain)
Man of the series in the Ashes win, Strauss led England to victory against Australia, and an unlikely draw in South Africa. Also returned as a one-day force, being the only English batsman to come out of the Australia ODI series in any credit, as well as a strong Champions Trophy. But for missing out on runs in South Africa (and literally missing out in Bangladesh) would have run Swann close for Player of the Year.
2) Alastair Cook
While 2009/10 was not his best year in an England shirt, Cook answered his critics with a gutsy knock in Durban after calls for him to be dropped after an indifferent Ashes. However, doubters should not forget his classy 95 in a winning cause at Lord's. Also made two hundreds in the away Bangladesh series.
3) Ian Bell
While I will never be Bell's biggest fan, and have called for him to be dropped as much as any, it's impossible to not pick Bell in the team of the year. Bell has the annoying knack of always doing enough to justify being in the team, and three hundreds on the tour of South Africa and Bangladesh do enough to get him into the middle order. Bell's class does shine through his lack of mental fortitude, and his gritty 80-odd at the Oval is often overlooked, but was vital in England bringing the Ashes home. Begrudging applause from the Short Third Man.
4) Paul Collingwood
Gritty. Nuggety. Determined. Defiant. Stubborn. Generic northern cliche. But for Paul Collingwood, England would have lost three tests which they drew (Cardiff, Centurion and Cape Town), meaning England would not have won the Ashes, and would have lost 3-1 in South Africa. This, if nothing else, shows Collingwood's importance to the team. Collingwood is the bedrock of the England team, with dramatic diving catches, dibbly-dobbly seamers and defiant defence firmly planting him into the team of the year. Firmly part of all three codes, Collingwood is England's highest ever ODI appearance maker (and he took a century on the day he broke the record). And he's the only man to captain England to an ICC event win. Which can't be bad.
5) Eoin Morgan
Morgan completes England's ginger middle order twosome, and is the only player in the team of the year to not have played test cricket. However, by being far and away England's one day player of the year, he will undoubtably have played a bit of test cricket by this time on Thursday. Morgan has been used in a variety of roles in the limited over middle-order, as a master-blasting "finisher", a middle-over "anchor", and a run-rate "accelerator". Morgan has fulfilled all of these roles with aplomb over the past 12 months (don't forget; this time last year he'd only ever played internationally for Ireland), with an unbeated T20 85 against South Africa, and his first international century against Bangladesh being further highlights. Morgan was also one of many English heroes who won the World T20, and fully deserves his place in the team of the year.
6) Matt Prior (wicket-keeper)
England have used four wicket-keepers this past year, but only one has been able to firmly grab hold and keep his place in the team. Matt Prior. Prior's much-maligned keeping has improved no end, being able to take some real blinders in the Ashes win. While he did not flourish with the bat, he was often on hand for some useful quick runs (Lord's being a prime example) throughout the 12 months. While he may be sweating over the emergence of Craig Kieswetter, Prior knows that for the moment, the gloves are in his court.
7) Andrew Flintoff
Can you really make England's team of the year on the back of one completed series? And on the back of (ultimately) one good bowling performance? While Flintoff's stats and averages will not support it, as someone who was at Lord's on that Monday morning where he blew Australia away, something special was happening. The God and after-God that is Andrew Flintoff was superb, and his prescence, even if it wasn't him scoring the runs or taking the wickets like it was in 2005, the fact that he was there whipped the crowd and team into such a fervour that England had to win. It's no coincidence that the one game he missed, England were crucified. It's also no coincidence that as the crowd were beginning to lower their volume, he produced an outstanding pick-up and throw to run out Ricky Ponting in the fifth test. Flintoff's personal performances were not as outstanding, but simply having him in the team would give it an unprecedented aura. While we may not see Flintoff in an England shirt again, he makes it into the English team of the year.
8) Tim Bresnan
Tim Bresnan started last year as a bit-part one day player who hadn't made the previous few squads. He starts this as a one-day new-ball bowler, and an important part of the team for all three codes. Forcing his way back into the test team after being ousted for the Ashes, Bresnan has proven with his high level of one day performance that he is a capable international player. Bresnan has also showed a comittment to his fitness by trimming down, and while he is not the most athletic, he can swing the ball and score useful lower order runs, which should see him on the plane to Australia this winter. And it also sees it into my team of the year.
9) Graeme Swann Player of the Year
Quite simply England's best player over the past 12 months. Swann took crucial wickets, scored crucial runs and told not-as-crucial jokes in interviews. After getting the West Indies out for fun, Swann turned his attention to the Australians, and was as important player as any in the Ashes win. His "ball-of-the-century 2" to Ponting at Edgbaston was "one for the grandkids", as, no doubt, was taking the final Ashes winning wicket. South Africa was next, and his 85 runs and 5 first innings wickets kept England in the game in Centurion. He then took an unprecedented 9 wickets in Durban as England closed the decade with arguably their best away performance of the noughties. While the series in South Africa ended on a sour note, Swann took a maiden ten-wicket haul in the first Bangladeshi test as England took an easy series win. Away from tests, Swann was England's tightest ODI bowler, and took a maiden fivefer in the most important ODI against Australia (the '1' in the 6-1). His guile was crucial in the Caribbean, alongside Michael Yardy, as he bowled England to a World T20 victory. Overall, Swann was clearly England's best player of the past 12 months, and clearly deserves his place in the team of the year.
10) Stuart Broad
Broad's spell in the final Ashes test won the urn, but he has contributed more than that. He's the only fast bowler to have consistently appeared in all formats of the game, and has been England's best ODI bowler. Offering swing, seam and bounce, as well as sometimes crucial late-order runs, Broad has again improved through the last 12 months, and hopes to move on further over the next year.
11) Jimmy Anderson
At times the only bowler who scared Australia, Anderson has developed an ability to threaten even when the ball is not swinging. Unlucky to have missed out as England won the World T20, Anderson is still England's flagship test fast bowler, and will continue to fulfil that role over the next 12 months.
So - that's my team of the last year, what do you all make of it? No Pietersen, Trott or Onions...
Thursday, 20 May 2010
Spinner Pinner's Double-Bouncers
T20 can be a difficult game for crap bowlers. Players with no talent are often exposed and battered, especially spinners. Batsmen have the advantage of switch-hits, dilscoops and being bowled at by Shane Watson. Bowlers have not much they can do, apart from bowl the "slow bouncer" (or "long hop" as it used to be called*). *One point in cricket cliche bingo
Some bowlers could sit and accept that they're going to be belted for 12 an over. But this guy doesn't. Neil Pinner, a plucky Worcestershire second teamer, has been working on a ball that bounces twice. The ball, which he is yet to use in a match, is designed for T20, specifically to stop sixes being hit off it. Bizarrely, this delivery which is normally only seen in under 14 C fixtures would be legal in the MCC rules. If perfected, Pinner hopes to bowl his full 4 overs of off-spin with double-bouncers (that's 48 bounces in total for all maths fans). This would mean batsmen would be forced to nudge and nurdle him about, thus reducing their strike rate and the overall score of the team in the 20 overs. Clever?
Probably, yes. But I think Pinner's bouncing up the wrong tree. Much of England's success in the World T20 was due to tight economical bowling from Swann and Yardy, who picked up key wickets throughout. Pinner won't take any wickets (unless batsmen do stupid things) with this double-bouncers, which surely defeats the object of cricket. Yes, he'll be keeping it tight up his end, but he'll just be letting batsmen get their eyes in to score quickly down the other end. And how much tighter will he even keep it? Batsmen just needs to dob five runs from the first five, with a boundary off the final ball (which shouldn't be too difficult with an inventive player like Eoin Morgan at the crease) for Pinner to have conceded nine runs and looking very ordinary.
While I can see that T20 is clearly a batsman's game, there is still room for good bowlers to excel. I have never seen Neil Pinner (or indeed heard of him before seeing this article), but I'd suggest to him that he spends his net time working on his doosra, line or length, rather than wasting his time on a ball which won't get many rewards.
Fans of Microsoft Paint are amazed with this artist's impression of Pinner's double-bouncers
Some bowlers could sit and accept that they're going to be belted for 12 an over. But this guy doesn't. Neil Pinner, a plucky Worcestershire second teamer, has been working on a ball that bounces twice. The ball, which he is yet to use in a match, is designed for T20, specifically to stop sixes being hit off it. Bizarrely, this delivery which is normally only seen in under 14 C fixtures would be legal in the MCC rules. If perfected, Pinner hopes to bowl his full 4 overs of off-spin with double-bouncers (that's 48 bounces in total for all maths fans). This would mean batsmen would be forced to nudge and nurdle him about, thus reducing their strike rate and the overall score of the team in the 20 overs. Clever?
Probably, yes. But I think Pinner's bouncing up the wrong tree. Much of England's success in the World T20 was due to tight economical bowling from Swann and Yardy, who picked up key wickets throughout. Pinner won't take any wickets (unless batsmen do stupid things) with this double-bouncers, which surely defeats the object of cricket. Yes, he'll be keeping it tight up his end, but he'll just be letting batsmen get their eyes in to score quickly down the other end. And how much tighter will he even keep it? Batsmen just needs to dob five runs from the first five, with a boundary off the final ball (which shouldn't be too difficult with an inventive player like Eoin Morgan at the crease) for Pinner to have conceded nine runs and looking very ordinary.
While I can see that T20 is clearly a batsman's game, there is still room for good bowlers to excel. I have never seen Neil Pinner (or indeed heard of him before seeing this article), but I'd suggest to him that he spends his net time working on his doosra, line or length, rather than wasting his time on a ball which won't get many rewards.
Fans of Microsoft Paint are amazed with this artist's impression of Pinner's double-bouncers
Monday, 17 May 2010
Twitter Translation - Jimmy Anderson
All taken from Jimmy Anderson's twitter feed.
What he said:Had a good day today. Practice this morning and golf this aft. Having a quiet night before our first warm up game tomorrow v Bangladesh.
5:35 PM Apr 27th via txt
What he really meant:Looking forward to playing in the World T20 group games.
What he said: The sea was rough this morning.Hope we play better than we bodysurfed.Tim Bres wasn't great. He ate a lot of sand and he wasn't even hungry
8:38 AM Apr 29th via Tweetie
What he really meant: Bresnan's a thick moron who doesn't deserve to play. I should be in there instead of him
What he said: The highlight of my day was Swanny and Tim Bresnan chasing each other round the dressing room and it ending in tears. #ihatenotplaying
3:55 PM May 4th via Tweetie
What he really meant: Andy Flower - PICK ME!
What he said: Landed in Barbados and it's wet. The banter between Bresnan and Swann continues but it made the flight go quicker....
7:09 PM May 4th via Tweetie
What he really meant: They won't talk to me now I'm not in the team...
What he said: Well if I'm not going to play cricket then might as well play some golf. Going to Apes Hill this aft and I'm looking forward to it!
8:49 AM May 7th via Tweetie
What he really meant: Hello... I'm still in this squad? Any chance of a game?
What he said: Had a good round of golf this aft. Me and Bres took the money off Lumby and Craig K!
3:08 PM May 7th via Tweetie
What he really meant: The South Africans bottled it (again)
What he said: Looks like more golf for me!! At least I'll go home with a tan!
3:58 PM May 8th via Tweetie
What he really meant: Screw you guys. At least I get a free holiday out of all of this...
What he said: Me and Dave Kieswetter took on Colly and Ottis Gibson at Apes Hill today. I shot 1 over and still lost! It was hard handing over the cash!
4:03 PM May 14th via txt
What he really meant: If I'm not going to play in the same team as him, I don't have to learn his name...
What he said:Had a good day today. Practice this morning and golf this aft. Having a quiet night before our first warm up game tomorrow v Bangladesh.
5:35 PM Apr 27th via txt
What he really meant:Looking forward to playing in the World T20 group games.
What he said: The sea was rough this morning.Hope we play better than we bodysurfed.Tim Bres wasn't great. He ate a lot of sand and he wasn't even hungry
8:38 AM Apr 29th via Tweetie
What he really meant: Bresnan's a thick moron who doesn't deserve to play. I should be in there instead of him
What he said: The highlight of my day was Swanny and Tim Bresnan chasing each other round the dressing room and it ending in tears. #ihatenotplaying
3:55 PM May 4th via Tweetie
What he really meant: Andy Flower - PICK ME!
What he said: Landed in Barbados and it's wet. The banter between Bresnan and Swann continues but it made the flight go quicker....
7:09 PM May 4th via Tweetie
What he really meant: They won't talk to me now I'm not in the team...
What he said: Well if I'm not going to play cricket then might as well play some golf. Going to Apes Hill this aft and I'm looking forward to it!
8:49 AM May 7th via Tweetie
What he really meant: Hello... I'm still in this squad? Any chance of a game?
What he said: Had a good round of golf this aft. Me and Bres took the money off Lumby and Craig K!
3:08 PM May 7th via Tweetie
What he really meant: The South Africans bottled it (again)
What he said: Looks like more golf for me!! At least I'll go home with a tan!
3:58 PM May 8th via Tweetie
What he really meant: Screw you guys. At least I get a free holiday out of all of this...
What he said: Me and Dave Kieswetter took on Colly and Ottis Gibson at Apes Hill today. I shot 1 over and still lost! It was hard handing over the cash!
4:03 PM May 14th via txt
What he really meant: If I'm not going to play in the same team as him, I don't have to learn his name...
Sunday, 16 May 2010
Campeones, campeones, olé olé olé!
England have just won the World T20. I predicted this in March. I should have put money on it. (I didn't, but I don't really care!) COME ON!
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