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Of course, with their is the question of which name to use with certain cricketers who presently don’t follow the initials method on scorecards. Then there comes the debate in women’s cricket whether to go for Mrs and Miss, or Ms. And you have a whole new can of worms 
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Mr Ponting and Mr Flintoff
By Will 2 years ago, at the start of September Leave a comment on this post
Further to my post a couple of hours ago about the Almanack’s report of England versus Australia, maybe Cricinfo should start calling all the players Mr. Here’s how it might sound (from my Bulletin yesterday)
Mr Khan arrived at the crease with Pakistan on 2 for 1, joining Mr Hafeez who was bristling with aggression, smashing Mr Lewis for an enourmous six over midwicket. But Mr Hafeez failed to respond to Mr Khan’s call for a quick single and was largely outdone by a superb piece of fielding from Mr Strauss at cover, whose throw while diving at full stretch left him stranded.
Sounds good to me!
6 Responses to “Mr Ponting and Mr Flintoff”
September 7th, 2006 at 12.17 am
September 7th, 2006 at 4.37 am
very retro
September 7th, 2006 at 9.47 am
I think that this is a great trend to promote. Personally I’d like to go the whole hog and to read match reports in Iambic Pentameter-
Thus Harmison retired from the fray
Mute anguish scribed beneath his low’ring brow
Behind the umpire’s arms extended wide
Another extra ticked against the score.
September 7th, 2006 at 4.50 pm
Ahhh, how about the Homeric Iambic Hexameter for those classical purists ?
September 7th, 2006 at 7.04 pm
How about an example there, Miles?
September 7th, 2006 at 9.34 pm
I always thought “The ploughman homeward plods his weary way” was a perfect description of Hoggard walking back to his mark. (Or should that be Mr Hoggard?)
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