< 1 minute read Strauss has at least got the basics right, but he has neglected to correctly align himself with the recipient of the five. Nixon, for his part, has fived himself in a last ditch attempt to salvage the five. His anguished expression betrays his true emotions however.
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Paul Collingwood and Graeme Swann engage in some combat mime sparring
< 1 minute read Combat mime is a form of theatrical art whereby two combatants battle one another by expressing certain physical actions without sound. Here Paul Collingwood and Graeme Swann are locked in a stirring head-to-head, where both combatants are doing ‘the window’. Shortly after this picture was taken, Paul Collingwood opened his
Continue readingMatthew Hayden attaches a mirror to the back of his bat
< 1 minute read It’s to more closely monitor the ageing process. ‘Still a few wisps of hair at the front there. Not time to retire yet’.
Continue readingCaptain fails to learn second fielding position
< 1 minute read “And you: You go and field at, er, slip.”
Continue readingGraeme Swann fails to conquer his bail addiction
< 1 minute read For years Graeme Swann has secretly suffered from a rare and debilitating disease. Graeme is addicted to bails. Graeme’s been through a number of treatments – enforced withdrawal, hypnosis, various types of medication – but in the end he just has to accept it. He’s a bail addict and he’ll
Continue readingAndrew Strauss given out ‘hunchback at slip’
< 1 minute read Pakistan here successfully appeal for the little-known mode of dismissal ‘hunchback at slip’. As he delivers the ball, Mohammad Sami notices that his team mates have smuggled Quasimodo into the first slip position and asks the question of the umpire. This means of dismissal was removed from the laws later
Continue readingMarcus Trescothick’s Twister goes on sale
< 1 minute read ‘Right foot… blue’
Continue readingDarren Gough’s sinister offer
< 1 minute read It’s a shoe. We’re not scared of a shoe, Darren. There’s nothing wrong with having a shoe. It’s not like you’re trying to get us hooked on class A drugs or something.
Continue readingShahid Afridi puzzles over which glove’s the left and which glove’s the right
< 1 minute read [There used to be an image of Shahid Afridi staring at some gloves here] Just try and cram one on. If you haven’t succeeded within two minutes try the same glove ON THE OTHER HAND.
Continue readingGautam Gamhbir impersonates a cricket ball
< 1 minute read Here we see Gautam Gambhir sidling up to a cricket ball in disguise. [At least we used to, but now the image has been removed…] If Gautam’s deception is successful, perhaps he’ll get to mate with the ball
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