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"Beefy? Lamby? Makes you wonder who was going by 'Porky'."
New blood in English cricket? Or old meat? Jon enquires
England v South Africa, first Test, The Oval
Jul 20, 2012
"Putting Dilhara out to bat is like making David Warner bowl seam-up in an actual ODI...oh wait!"
"Of course Kamran is a wicketkeeper... he keeps them wickets from falling down!"
Danny brings a new angle to keeping duties
Sri Lanka v Pakistan, third Test, Pallekelle
Jul 14, 2012
"You just feel that these two, against the current SL attack, could probably bat into the morning of day five and still fall short of their hundreds. A pair of true attritionalists!"
Smudgeon enjoys watching Misbah-ul-Haq and Asad Shafiq bat
Sri Lanka v Pakistan, third Test, Pallekelle
Jul 14, 2012
"Sun at the cricket? Surely that's a misprint."
After a week of rain in the cricket James is sceptical when told it's sunny in Jamaica (for a while)
West Indies v New Zealand, first ODI, KIngston
Jul 7, 2012
"Well my immediate bosses surnames are Duckworth and Lewis, and I assume they're pretty much wrong about everything. I'd say I'm worried they'll read this but I'm not sure that they can read anyway"
Dave brings the trenchant criticism of the rain rules
West Indies v New Zealand, first ODI, KIngston
Jul 6, 2012
"Smith must have some embarrassing pictures of someone. How else could he ever make this team?"
Darren does not believe Steven Smith could make it to Australia's one-day side on merit
England v Australia, first ODI, Lord's
Jun 30, 2012
"At least we all know Gul will never step into a casino with that type of luck."
Hussain Syed sees the silver lining of an lbw not given
Sri Lanka v Pakistan, first Test, Galle
Jun 22, 2012
"So it is the ghost of Danny Morrison in the comm box today. Sober, suave and serious. Another reason why Test cricket is one prime format of the game."
The five-day game finds another supporter in Suneer Chowdhary
Sri Lanka v Pakistan, first Test, Galle
Jun 22, 2012
"I'm sick of cricket getting rained out. It's so much harder to procrastinate when there's no cricket on."
There is this thing called facebook, Cob, which may help you in your endeavour
Sri Lanka v Pakistan, third ODI, Colombo
Jun 16, 2012
"I'm in the kitchen listening to a bit of Strauss, cooking up a storm over the bairstow. The dish? Fish curry - even the fins and plenty of onions, accompanied with the bresnan bread you ever tasted. The bell will indicate when ready and prior to that I'll trott outside where the kids are swanning about with Pietersen next door."
Frankie Franks has got the England team over in his kitchen
England v West Indies, third Test, Edgbaston
Jun 10, 2012
"You know it's been a hard day when your best batsman is named 'Extras'."
"Big effort from the windies. Everyone figured they'd fold faster than Superman on laundry day..."
"A Test match fan's heart whine/ Where d hell r thou Narine?"
The tragedy of West Indies missing key players at Lord's makes Nishank break into an awful rhyme
England v West Indies, first Test, Lord's
May 21, 2012
"Gayle wears No. 333. Oh no, that should be 666"
Mabrook has seen the devil incarnate: he plays for RCB
Mumbai Indians v Royal Challengers Bangalore, IPL
May 11, 2012
"Feels good to see a match where neither team is wearing blue"
Dinesh Raju's eyeballs are eternally thankful, and so are ours
Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kings XI Punjab, IPL
May 4, 2012
"Ganguly and Clarke at 2 and 3? I'm now frantically painting the wall, so I can watch it dry for entertainment, while they bat."
Matt Ryan isn't impressed by the Pune Warriors batting line-up
Deccan Chargers v Pune Warriors, IPL, Cuttack
May 2, 2012
"Now that Sachin has become an MP, will his decision override that of the umpires and match referee?"
That would be entertaining, wouldn't it, Shailendra?
Delhi Daredevils v Mumbai Indians, Kotla
Apr 28, 2012
"Need rain? Cistern dry? Drought in your respective Caribbean island? No need to worry. Just place six stumps in the ground and arrange a cricket match."
Write to Miks for more climate solutions
West Indies v Australia, second Test, Trinidad
Apr 19, 2012
"How ever did they manage to hold Tests before the DRS was invented?"
Julian asks a pertinent question when the second day of the Trinidad Test is delayed because of a power failure without which the DRS cannot be implemented
West Indies v Australia, second Test, Trinidad
Apr 17, 2012
