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"Dravid, a creaking Terminator, accesses his alternate/ reserve energy/ strength."
Rahul Dravid's no ordinary human even when he gets cramps, says Som
Australia v India, first Test, Melbourne
Dec 27, 2011
"A good chance of HMRKB Herath and UWMBCA Welegedera putting on a record 13 initials for the ninth wicket."
"My girlfriend does not know that the Ten Cricket telecast is running two deliveries behind the ESPNcricinfo comms. And I am impressing her by predicting every other boundary."
Jim provides a valuable lesson in why online commentary is better than television
South Africa v Sri Lanka, second Test, Durban
Dec 26, 2011
"Hype!!! Hype!! Hurray!!!"
Shocking cynicism from Supreeth at the start of the Boxing Day Test at the MCG
Australia v India, first Test, Melbourne
Dec 26, 2011
"Is Blizzard his real name or is this some sort of Twenty20 joke?"
Twenty20's gimmicks have jaded Marcel
Sydney Thunder v Adelaide Strikers, Big Bash League, Sydney
Dec 23, 2011
"Poor Vernon has really struggled mightily to get his bowling average into single figures, but alas it remains stubbornly on 12."
Nicolas ignores the silver lining and looks squarely at the cloud
South Africa v Sri Lanka, first Test, Centurion
Dec 17, 2011
"UWMBCA Welegedara: Under/ whelming/ Medium-pace/ Bowler/ can/ astonish"
Latha: Look/ at/ this/ helluva/ acronym
South Africa v Sri Lanka, first Test, Centurion
Dec 16, 2011
"Rudolph is injured?! Santa might need a replacement for Christmas Eve!"
Chive is more concerned with the situation at the North Pole than at Centurion
South Africa v Sri Lanka, first Test, Centurion
Dec 15, 2011
"Chris Martin is NZ man of the match, he came in and didnt get out first ball and his partnership with Boult was worth 23! Time to stop bagging the phantom!"
Adam suggests it is time to take start taking that "Learn to bat like Chris Martin" video seriously
Australia v New Zealand, second Test, Hobart
Dec 12, 2011
"For years now it's been the same story / Australia batting as if in past glory / On a pitch tinged with green / Bowlers with swing and with seam / Outside off stump the wickets keep falling"
WA_poet captures Australia's troubles in five lines
Australia v New Zealand, second Test, Hobart
Dec 12, 2011
"That inside edge was bigger than Shah Rukh Khan's fan club. Bad luck, Professor!"
Zaeem Nasir offers his sympathies after Mohammad Hafeez is wrongly given out lbw
Bangladesh v Pakistan, Chittagong
Dec 10, 2011
"With the Aussie team shuffling its pack / The Kiwis did fancy a crack / But their fielding was lax / And the batting collapsed / So the question is, who they should sack?"
The Hapless Boy Lard turns to verse in an early series review
Australia v New Zealand, second Test, Hobart
Dec 9, 2011
"I've been a Kiwi cricket fan for more than 72 years / And suffered very few joys and an excess of tears / Lived in Oz in the mid fifties, oh well / When the saddest story I have to tell / The Poms bundled the Black Caps for 26, pure Hell."
Reg Humphries sets himself up for disappointment at the start of the match
Australia v New Zealand, second Test, Hobart
Dec 9, 2011
"There was a left arm bowler named Mitch / Who couldn't get out on the pitch / He had a sore toe / But wouldn't you know / The selectors still picked a left arm bowler called Mitch."
CJ is feeling all poetic after realising Johnson has been replaced by Starc
Australia v New Zealand, Brisbane
Dec 1, 2011
"Given that six of the NZ team (8 if you include first names) have a double-letter in their name, I'm not sure this is all that remarkable. Then again, if this issue ever deserves our attention, it is apt that it is during a Woolloongabba Test."
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