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"Can't have a Grand Home without a Kitchen."
"If Auckland lose this from here do you think Kitchen might get that Sinking feeling?"
Auckland batsman Anaru Kitchen inspires some world-class punning by another Mark
Auckland v Hampshire, Champions League Twenty20, Centurion
Oct 12, 2012
"I guess in NZ selectors will say Andre is past his use by date now, else there could be hope for me yet! Although when I last played a senior match here none of my team mates were born when I first played senior for the same team!"
Mark probably knows how Sachin Tendulkar is feeling too
Auckland v Hampshire, Champions League Twenty20, Centurion
Oct 12, 2012
"Starc has been a revelation in this tournament. Fast, hostile and economical. Finally the Aussie search for a left-armer called Mitch who can bowl has ended."
James' thoughts turn to the other Mitch
Australia v West Indies, World Twenty20, Colombo
Oct 6, 2012
"Umar Gul must be playing the specialist fielder role that's been discussed in recent matches."
BJ can't help himself when he sees Umar Gul not get a bowl till the 18th over of the innings
Pakistan v South Africa, World Twenty20, Colombo
Sep 29, 2012
"Did Dhoni check if the spinners could bowl a bit?"
Ravi isn't impressed by the Indian captain saying the three spinners in his XI could bat too
Australia v India, World Twenty20, Colombo
Sep 29, 2012
"What I want to know is how on earth we were seeded into the Super 8s considering we're the ninth-ranked team in this sideshow form of the game?"
"Ha Johnson Charles should not wear West Indies colours! A man with two last names, have they forgotten how bad Patterson Thompson was?"
Andre Williams knows history repeats itself
Australia v West Indies, World Twenty20, Colombo
Sep 23, 2012
"T10? No, no, this game goes to eleven. (With apologies to Spinal Tap.)"
J Michael Hammond is put in mind of a parody rock band by an abbreviated T20
England v South Africa, 3rd T20I, Birmingham
Sep 17, 2012
"I am a huge fan of Michael Yardy... great bloke... such humility... gave me a autograph while i was serving him @Tesco's. Happy chappy."
Apropos of nothing much at all, Raj tells us of a chance encounter
England v South Africa, first T201, Chester-le-Street
Sep 11, 2012
"Paying respect to NZ is like paying parking in a city with only one traffic warden - it's not very often you get caught out not doing it."
"Somewhere on a nice beach while sipping his cocktail, Ramdin must be smiling to himself and muttering, "Talk nah, Viv"
When Hashim Amla broke Viv Richards' record for the fastest to reach 3000 ODI runs, Dharmendra's thoughts turned to a recent controversy
England v South Africa, second ODI, Rose Bowl
Aug 29, 2012
"How are we meant to encourage our younger players to become decent Test batsmen when we turn up a couple of days before a test match in the subcontinent, have no warm-ups and then our experienced opener bats like he's opening for the Scroties 2nd XI vs House Park on a Sunday afternoon and then departs with us still needing over 200 to avoid the follow-on?"
New Zealand supporter Danger is feeling a touch aggrieved
India v New Zealand, first Test, Hyderabad
Aug 26, 2012
"Philander and his sore glutes have been a right pain in the backside for England the last few days."
Jez Bebbington can't understand why all the fuss about Philander's lack for form in the series
England v South Africa, third Test, Lord's
Aug 20, 2012
"Wondering if any channel is showing paint dry... might be more exciting than this T20!"
The one-off Sri Lanka-India T20, with a chase featuring a sub-7 run rate was not to Dave's liking
Sri Lanka v India, only T20, Pallekele
Aug 14, 2012
"For NZ to win they need three wickets from Hadlee, two from Bond and one from Cairns."
Tim has little confidence in New Zealand's current bowling attack
West Indies v New Zealand, second Test, Jamaica
Aug 8, 2012
"There was a superhero named Chris Martin/ Who went by the title "The Phantom"/ The mighty force of the West Indies/ Couldn't make him soil his undies/ Now NZ might make him their captain."
howard thacker esq amuses us with a witty ditty
West Indies v New Zealand, first Test, North Sound
Aug 1, 2012
"As a Western classical music fan, am really looking forward to a Eng v NZ scorecard that has the entry: Strauss b Wagner"
What a symphony that would be, eh Nitin?
West Indies v New Zealand, first Test, North Sound
Aug 1, 2012
"If I were a fan of memes, I'd probably have one saying, 'Not sure if Wagner is actually bowling well or just overly dramatic'."
Sean is amused by debutant Neil Wagner's enthusiasm
West Indies v New Zealand, first Test, North Sound
Jul 27, 2012
"Please tell me they played the Ride of the Valkyries, as Wagner walked in to bat"
Anupam is an advocate of fanfare for nightwatchmen
West Indies v New Zealand, first Test, North Sound
Jul 27, 2012
