A Quiet Satisfaction

Forty test centuries! If that is not worth a wry smile and a quick commune with the heavens I don't know what is. I have a great regard for the introverted sportsman.

Caption Time!

Ricky seems confused, befuddled, perhaps a little bemused. How about some of you clever bloggers coming up with a caption that will clear his head and set him straight.

Who's A Silly Sausage Then?

Old umpire Dicky Bird shows he has lost none of his quirky touch by getting maximum comedic value out of a sausage judging.

Should they require require a new Joker in the next Batman movie Dicky might stand a chance.

Makes you wonder what Daryl Hair could do with a piece of fruit?

Ode to an Old Soldier

Hmmmmmm (Yaaaaaaawnnn)

It meant a great deal to Andre Fletcher and his mates but I am afraid it meant nothing to me.

A pointless event with huge consequences does not seem to me an effective or rational way to develop a game into the future. But what do I know? I'm still not rich.

Umpires Who Look Like Animals

The first in what could be a very random collection of images depicting umpires as they might look in the animal kingdom.

Now the first one was easy because Billy is damn near totally meerkat. The twitchy, vigilant pose, the quirky movements, the over lean body type and over erect stance. Thank God there is not an entire colony of Billies in the wild.

I am open to suggestions as to the next study (victim) - and Darryl Hair as a Hippo is too obvious.