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  • I think those speed guns are a load of crap. Somehow the white ball goes faster - I bowled 83-84mph in the Test match, and 93mph in the one-dayers. It's crazy. I hadn't bowled a ball for ten days.
    Steve Harmison has his doubts about the pace at which he's been bowling

    Aug 28, 2008

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    Fat wards off the nasties

    By Will last year, mid-November, No Comments; be the first!

    This has nothing whatsoever to do with cricket, but it gives me the opportunity to point out one of my favourite blogs: spEak You’re bRanes. It concentrates solely on ridiculing those who leave notes on message boards, primarily the ridiculously popular ones at the BBC. There are some absolute gems out there, but this surely tops them all:

    This disturbing comment was submitted by both Becca and Kat. Should women be doing more exercise? Not if they know what’s good for them.

    Women are becoming fatter - maybe there is a deep-rooted reason for this. Too many rapists out there, illegal criminals let out of prison, rape law against women in favour of men, one of the reasons why I put on weight, for protection.
    Caroline, UK

    Finally, a use for the word “unrapeable”.

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    Who ate all the South African pies?

    By Scott 2 years ago, at the start of February, 1 Comment »

    Kep Wessells calls Graeme Smith a porker! In response South African coach Mickey Arthur suggests that Wessells doesn’t have the interests of South African cricket in mind.

    Whee! Handbags at 20 paces!

    Of course, if Australia follow Darren Lehmann’s advice, we Aussies might not be able to laff at the silly Saffie fatties for too much longer. But I’ll enjoy it while I still can!

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    Who ate all the pies?

    By Scott 2 years ago, at the end of January, No Comments; be the first!

    Darren Lehmann has nominated fellow fattie Mark Cosgrove to be Australia’s new batting sensation who can win the 2007 World Cup for Australia. Cosgrove was so fat at the start of the season that the South Australian selectors told him to put down that pie and lose some weight before they’d consider him. To the lad’s credit, he’s shrunk enough to get back into the side, and has had a merry old time of it in both forms of the game. He’s still a figure of substance though, and I can’t imagine the selectors liking his fielding atheleticism too much.

    While I don’t think Cosgrove will get in for 2007 World Cup, he may well feature in the baggy green afterwards, because he’s quality. And speaking as a fellow-fattie, I think it’s a myth that only skinny weedy guys can be good fielders. With Merv Hughes on the selection panel, I’d like to think that Cosgrove has a chance, but after muching on it, you have to admit he’s a real outsider.

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