Satisfaction

Is there a better feeling in sport than knowing you have done your job and it has mattered?

Indulgence

If it OK for an aging fast bowler to play the expansive hook then it is OK for me to post an image using a technique I have yet to get on top of. After all, blogging is all about self indulgence - it is the internet that has perfected self abuse.

Name That Player

Time for an old fashion guessing game, and its an easy one to start with.

No body parts, we give you the whole player. Who is this speed demon.

The Genuine Article

There was some suggestion that Dale Steyn was the bowling equivalent of a flat track bully - good at beating up on kiwis and kittens but?

In my humble opinion the boy can bowl. Don't believe me? Just ask India.

The Wisdom of Ages

Experience is the best perspective, and you can quote me on that.

And what is the great Lance Gibbs saying? I would like to think it goes something like "it doesn't matter how flat the track is, if they think its turning, its turning".

A Marked Man

Beau Casson, newby, left arm chinaman and right in Great Uncle Jrod's cross hairs.

The wickets might be flat but I feel some entertainment coming on.

Don't Look Back

When you have just scored 300 at a run a ball against a real test team just walk off and know you are part of history.