'Keep spine in one piece'

How was Christmas for those who celebrate it?

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It could have been worse.

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And how was New Year?

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Hopefully unlike most New Year's resolutions, that one will be kept.

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Plus some fool who came as Shane Warne.

Other than that, there's been some memorable action on the field in the last couple of weeks.

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While Alex Hales got a bowl during the second Test and now fancies himself as a spinner.

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Graeme Swann has of course moved on from cricket to a career as a top-level chef.

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A few things have happened off the field as well. How shall we sum it up? Let's go with:

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That particular incident was of course a huge surprise. After all, Gayle's always been a man of unimpeachable class.

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That's not how to dress.

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Nor is that.

But who are we to judge?

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Can we not even judge their idiosyncratic use of English?

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Touché. Although we still feel within our rights to judge his use of hashtags.

Somewhere in the world, there is always a cricketer being something of a connoisseur of the finer points of air travel.

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Someone seemingly less au fait with flights and time zones is Gloucestershire's Benny Howell.

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Great hashtag work, though. Shehzad could learn a thing or two from that.