'This is the vengabus!'
Get on board for this week's Twitter picks, which include Lord's nostalgia, the Queen's good fortune, and a shocking revelation about the Gatt
Alex Bowden
17-May-2012

"Oxidised red wine? #firstworldproblems If you want to know horror, you should have seen the lighting they had for me in the Big Brother household" • AFP
Oh Shane, my heart bleeds. Did Liz Hurley dry your tears? Life is so unfair.
The protection
"Just sent a pair of doc martins off to get spiked up upon news that middlesex have signed malinga for T20"
@TomMaynard55
"Just sent a pair of doc martins off to get spiked up upon news that middlesex have signed malinga for T20"
@TomMaynard55
The Lord's Test
The weather, the lunch, the glazing…
The weather, the lunch, the glazing…
"When it starts to hail you know we must be getting close to a test match..."
@VaughanCricket (Michael Vaughan)
@VaughanCricket (Michael Vaughan)
No, I don't really know what he means either. Yorkshire had won, so I guess being the Vengabus is a good thing. Not in my world, but then I'm not Jason Gillespie.
You're too old for presents, Brad.
The speed limit
Dale Steyn's driver was falling asleep at the wheel.
Dale Steyn's driver was falling asleep at the wheel.
Enforced drug use. This is basically what happens to Popeye Doyle in French Connection II.
Fit for purpose maybe, if the purpose was eating cake.
What's your philosophy?
"Live your life, take chances, be crazy. Don't wait cause right now is the oldest you've ever been & the youngest you'll be ever again."
@farveezmaharoof Film appreciation with Worcestershire's Alan Richardson
"Watched Black Swan last night, apart from one scene it was totally disturbing and actually not very good!!"
@alricho21
"Live your life, take chances, be crazy. Don't wait cause right now is the oldest you've ever been & the youngest you'll be ever again."
@farveezmaharoof Film appreciation with Worcestershire's Alan Richardson
"Watched Black Swan last night, apart from one scene it was totally disturbing and actually not very good!!"
@alricho21
Lord, tell us more about the workmanlike competence of your disciples.
Tino Best's modesty corner
"If u don't follow the fastest bowler on the planet #ThatAintCool"
@tinobest
"If u don't follow the fastest bowler on the planet #ThatAintCool"
@tinobest
Come on, everybody - we have to follow Shaun Tait if we want to impress Tino.
Life lessons from cricketers
"Just dropped my choc chip cookie in my cup of tea! How do I salvage this? Tea spoon it out or let it go? One of lifes biggest dilemmas" @finnysteve (Steven Finn)
"Just dropped my choc chip cookie in my cup of tea! How do I salvage this? Tea spoon it out or let it go? One of lifes biggest dilemmas" @finnysteve (Steven Finn)
Alex Bowden blogs at King Cricket