'Can't wait till I get some socks and undies from my parents'

Merry Christmas everyone. Hope you all prepared exquisite Christmas dinners and then smashed them

The Christmas shoplifter
Alviro Petersen is offering bad advice.

"Christmas eve, and everyone running around in the shopping centres... #grabandgo!"
@Alviro Petersen

Don't listen to him, kids. #grabandpayandgo

The seasonal gibberish
Parthiv Patel is wishing you… something

"have icy-icy CHRISTMAS,with BUTTERING MSGs,CHOCLATY CALLS,CREAMY THOUGHTS,FRUITY FUNS,WID PLUMPY PLAYS&JUMPY JOYS.MERRY CHRISTMAS"
@parthiv9

Thanks?

The loner
Chris Gayle had a quiet Christmas Day.

"Home Alone watching Home Alone."
@henrygayle

The reichdeer
Graeme Swann's son has renamed a reindeer.

"Absolutely class seeing wilf so excited for 'Santa and Adolph' the reindeer. Have tried to correct him but maybe he knows something I don't"
@Swannyg66

The guilty party
Wonder where Wilf could have got the name "Adolf" from. A Swann tweet from earlier in the week might shed some light.

"Xmas shopping for the wife today. I wonder how a pair of size 11 wellies and the DVD box set of world at war would go down?"

Nothing says Christmas quite like a 26-part Second World War documentary.

The most coveted item
There was a bit of competition in Mitchell Marsh's house.

"The parson's nose is more valuable than a baggy green on Christmas Day in our family. Uncle Steve got it today. #nothappy"
@mitchmarsh235

Congratulations, Steve. Who made the official presentation? Mitch, Shaun or Geoff?

The Christmas dinner
What did big Chris Tremlett have to eat?

"Calories.... yum yum"
@ChrisTremlett33

Mmm, delicious calories - everyone's favourite.

The Christmas present
Michael Slater isn't sure whether Mitchell Starc really wanted what he was given for Christmas.

"Merry Xmas, what about @mstarc56 present. Rotated out of Boxing Day Test. Wow, Santa was generous this year!!! #whatthe"
@mjslats

The Christmas presents
Personally, I've always wanted to be more like Paul Collingwood.

"Can't wait till I get some socks and undies from my parents #everyyear"
@Colly622

And now I am. Thanks Mum and Dad.

The career high points
What do these two memories of Rohit Sharma's have in common?

"My favourite sachin tendulkar moment in Odi has to be getting an Odi cap from him in Ireland and (contd)"
@ImRo45

"Of course the crucial partnership we shared in Australia during the CB series final (which we won)"

Are those your favourite Sachin Tendulkar one-day memories or are they in fact your favourite Rohit Sharma memories in which Sachin Tendulkar just happens to feature? Ask yourself whether Sachin would also rate these as being career high points.

The statement of fact
Kevin Pietersen's tribute to Sachin Tendulkar might come back to haunt him.

"Statistics NEVER lie! They tell a very true story.. Well done Sachin! What an incredible ODI career.. #thebest"
@kevinpp24

Let's see whether statistics NEVER lie the next time KP's in a poor run of form but claiming to be hitting them well in the nets.

Tino Best's modesty corner
There's an unexpected finish to this update.

"So excited to get back on the park and let go my Thunderbolts hope they don't get hit to far in CT20 #CT20...#GoHardORgoHome #Barbados"
@tinobest

Someone got Tino Best some self-doubt and uncertainty for Christmas.

The Mayan apocalypse
There were plenty of bad jokes. This one from Pat Cummins was among the worst.

"I've been making end of the world jokes like there is no tomorrow. #terrible"
@93Cummins

The outsider
The following day, having survived, Graham Onions highlighted how he is different from all other cricketers.

"Celebrating being alive with a Toby Carvery"
@BunnyOnions

Nando's Watch
Later in the week, Steven Finn demonstrated how it should be done.

"Sat in Nandos on my own in shorts and running trainers on Christmas Eve. The epitome of cool right there!"
@finnysteve

Merry Christmas, Steve. Merry Christmas everyone.