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The Heavy Ball

'Clippers or scissors for fingernails?'

The deep issues of the day are tackled, as ever, in our Twitter round-up

Alex Bowden
14-Jun-2012
A profile of Michael Vaughan addressing the media on announcing his retirement, Edgbaston, June 30, 2009

Michael Vaughan: has a poorly lit posterior  •  Getty Images

The busy man
Shane Warne's been rushed off his feet this week.
An hour later, he was getting organised.
Four hours after that, he was questioning his followers about the pressing issues of the day.
Was that survey on the to-do list, Shane? Or is it possible that you weren't quite as busy as you were making out?
The luck
Most people know that Tim Bresnan has never lost a Test match. Few know that he has also never lost the England team's post-dinner credit-card roulette either.
But after failing to win a Test for the first time this week, was Bresnan's luck changing? As with last week's credit-card roulette, Matt Prior was again our man on the scene.
The light
There was much debate about the umpires' decision to take the players off for bad light during the third Test between England and the West Indies.
As Ian Botham said:
And as Michael Vaughan said:
The nudge
Stephen Fleming and Scott Styris are now on different continents, but Fleming is still goading his bench-warmer.
The contradiction
Apparently Jacques Kallis is careful with his words.
Riveting. You can believe that was worthwhile and interesting if you want, Jacques, but it doesn't make it true.
The injury
Paul Collingwood's facing four to five weeks out with a broken metacarpal.
Nando's Watch
Martin Guptill was planning a very special date night with Derbyshire's Antonio Palladino.
Getting to know God
At the time of writing, Sachin Tendulkar hadn't tweeted since the third of June. Is he okay? Has anyone actually seen him?
You've got to make the effort to check up on old people from time to time to make sure they haven't had a fall or something. Will someone go round and make him a cup of tea and check?
The final book of the new testament
Lancashire's Tom Smith was watching the ball closely this week, according to Gary Keedy.
The congratulation
Up until this week, Tino Best's batting was best-known for "Mind the windows, Tino." The line was delivered by Andrew Flintoff from the slips and caused the world's most diffident cricketer to charge down the pitch, giving rise to a fairly comical stumping. Flintoff clearly enjoyed Tino's 95 from No. 11, however.
The pace
After watching Tino Best, Mark Butcher was reminiscing.
Tino Best's modesty corner
"Humble and wise ..."
@tinobest

Alex Bowden blogs at King Cricket