Alan Tyers – As smelly as a burnt tyre

OK, I plead guilty for making a really bad joke with the title. However, the man in question, Alan Tyers, is not as bad a joke as you may think. In fact, he is the KING of Cricket Satire. Here’s his latest post on the Wisden Cricketer, The Alternative Cricket Dictionary-Letter D I thought of [...]

Some absolute peaches from ‘When Freddie Became Jesus’

Hellos, everyone! Yes, I’ve been extremely bad and haven’t been posting a lot lately, but with exams for 2 separate qualifications (over 3 days) coming next week, can you blame me? *putting on Bopara’s puppy expression* However, I have to tell you, Jarrod‘s ‘When Freddie Became Jesus’ sure does serve a good purpose in keeping [...]

Change of Nickname

Well, with the CA & NZC contemplating the possibility of nominating John Howard as the President of the ICC after 2011, I’ve decided to shed my nickname of Cricket Tragic. The nickname, as you would’ve realized by now, was one given to John Howard when he tried to bowl a ball but couldn’t get it [...]

Alan Tyers – The Greatest Cricket Satirist!

Alan Tyers, IMO, hasn’t been getting a lot of appreciation for his absolutely gut – rippingly funny posts on the Wisden Cricketer and Cricinfo. Heck, he has less followers than ME on his Twitter page. When you have less followers than a lame-ass blogger in Sri Lanka, then you really are underappreciated! Therefore, as a [...]

The vexing case of Mahela

In the past few years, Mahela has really been a very curious case to follow. He’s so prolific in Tests and always seems to get a hundred, whereas, when it comes to ODIs, there are just brief periods of excellence and plenty of times when he barely scores runs. Sri Lankan cricket fans will remember [...]