How are South Africa faring as they begin their tour?

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We’ll give them one thing: they got into the middle. That’s no mean feat this summer.

Other than that, things were as rosy as wet cardboard. They conceded 312-8 against Somerset, despite dismissing Nick Compton for a duck. (His presence might have slowed the run rate a tad, actually). They also lost Mark Boucher who got a bail in the eye and is currently undergoing surgery.

We spoke to Paul Downton once. He had to retire from cricket after being hit in the eye by a bail. We’ve always felt that’s a pretty horrible way to end your career. We didn’t speak to him about that though. We spoke to him about posh boys retiring from cricket for no real reason other than to go and have a career in “business”.

So if we do have an insight to give you regarding this, it’s that Paul Downton’s a nice bloke. Also, they seem to have stopped selling ‘ham trim’ in Tesco, which is a bit of a blow.

DON'T BE LIKE GATT!

Mike Gatting wasn't receiving the King Cricket email when he dropped that ludicrously easy chance against India in 1993.

Coincidence?

Why risk it when it's so easy to sign up?

39 comments

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    2. We’re slightly ashamed to say we couldn’t think of one for Hollyoaks. The best we got was Eric Hollies-oaks.

    3. I believe Bert has all possible things relating to cricketers’ names already written up and all he has to do is look up the corresponding excel sheet for the category of the day.

      Rumpelstiltskin would’ve never bet against Bert.

    1. Kallis did have the look of a man who knew he was going to have to grab a spade to bury the body.
      Dammit I was looking forward to the two BEST teams in the world going at it. Much like Mark himself it’s doubtful we will see that now.
      Never mind his career, I hope he can at least retain sight in that eye.

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    In literary terms, he’s developed a significant new style – combining stream-of-consciousness with fantasy. He now knows where his head is (but not his front foot). He knows where he’s going (but not the ball).

    Anyway, best of luck with reading it.

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      He’s really trying.

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