A Pause For Pain

Yes Big Al, we know. We had to watch it as well.

First Blood

It is just a pity for those of us wanting to watch a tight tussle that this sort of English aggression has taken until the Fourth Test

Bat - Wickets - Balls

A little tableaux of cricketing pain.

How They Hanging?

Give it a rub Marshy - but not too hard.

Oh The Pain Of It All

Rohit Sharma seems less than impressed with the attentions of the team physio. The fact that the rain meant all that pain was in vain probably didn't cheer him up any.

*!@#!*! That Hurt

Now that is a very obvious headline - any one got a more subtle or subversive caption?

Oh The Pain !!!

Yes, we know it hurts.

If you want real pain, try being a cricket fan.

Wasn't it great of India to share their pain with the locals?

More Pain, New Gain

Talk about auspicious. Not only is the 1st of April the day the first issue of Cricket Sadists Monthly is released on the cricket world but it is also the day I move into my new house. Let us hope that both launchings are a spectacular success.

To heighten your anticipation I offer another image of cricketing pain. Here (Dinesh) Danish Karthik illustrates the point that a pain shared is not always a pain halved.

The Agony Of Anticipation

You don't really need the photoshop highlighting to understand where it hurts for Neil Broom.

The real surprise is that his greatest discomfort is not from ball on ball contact, nor the desperate need to go 'tinkles". What Neil really can't wait for is the release of the first edition of the Cricket Sadist's Monthly to see if he can in some way feature.

While he waits he will just have to give it a rub and see if he can't score some runs against the Aussies.

Cricket Is Pain

Just ask KP.

In fact, a search of the Cricinfo photo database under the word "pain" produces a wide variety of examples of just how painful cricket can be. I shall bring you more of these painful moments in due course.

Meanwhile KP, just give 'em a rub, it's not like you were planning on using them this afternoon.

Does It Hurt When I Do This?

All this talk of sadism has got me thinking about pain and it's relationship to cricket. Either that or watching Bangladesh play NZ last night made "painfull" the word of the week.

Being one to dwell on such things you can anticipate a few pained expressions cropping up in the next week or so.

Here we see Graham Gooch testing his pain barrier while having a splinter extracted by a blind physio - or something like that.