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'This woman almost get run over looking at my car!'

The perils of being Kemar Roach, plus ridiculous paintings, and all kinds of peripheral Ashes action

Alex Bowden
21-Aug-2015
Australia's training session had a special visitor in Shane Warne, World Cup 2015, Sydney, March 25, 2015

Interests: poker, pizza, weird-as-hell portraiture  •  Associated Press

One of the joys of Twitter this week was being able to debate the artistic merits of Shane Warne's painting with people the world over.
If you've not seen the work in question, it reveals a lot about the man who commissioned it. There's JFK; there's Mick Jagger; there's Angelina Jolie (topless); and there's… Dimitri Mascarenhas.
Warne himself is pictured deep in conversation with the Boss. "Springsteen's got a cricket ball in his hand, so he's just sort of asking me questions about cricket," Warne explained while talking viewers through the mural as part of a Sky TV programme about his private life.
Witnessing the work, you might well ask whether the owner is actually an 11-year-old trapped inside the body of a creepily plastic-looking 45-year-old. Is there any evidence that Warne is, in fact, a grown-up?
You could argue that Warne deserves more respect, but respect is earned. Take Chris Rogers, for example. His colleagues gave heartfelt tributes ahead of his final Test.
Rogers is one Aussie who's had a reasonably productive summer in England. Even those not in the Test team haven't been having the best of times.
James Faulkner's with Lancashire, but is being a bit needy.
Glenn Maxwell's on the other side of the Pennines with Yorkshire, but is struggling for runs even in friendlies.
Meanwhile, Australia coach Darren Lehmann has seen some of the great stadia of the world - Eden Gardens, the MCG - but his critical faculties have deserted him to such an extent that he's now filled with admiration for… the Britannia Stadium in Stoke.
At least Peter Siddle's notched a few wins.
Elsewhere, Kemar Roach has been keeping busy with the three Fs.
But one F has been filling more time than the others.
Maybe the five o'clock run is a fourth F.
But he doesn't run everywhere.
Presumably it was a different car that nearly ran her down and not Kemar's…
Finally, if you've ever wondered about the popularity of Nando's among cricketers, this provides evidence that many of them look for fine dining in the wrong places.
Full marks for making the effort to swear in French, though.

Alex Bowden blogs at King Cricket