That gang of crazies, the ICC, recently released a best Test XI of all time and it didn’t include Jacques Kallis. The team was formed by reader votes on their website, but rather than issuing a statement that all those who voted were cricketing heathens who clearly don’t know shit from shoe polish when it comes to the best that ever played the game, they strapped their name onto it and published it.
Jokers.
Now I’m not even going to bother displaying this said ‘best’ team as quite frankly it is a joke; it is like publishing a book on the best ever sports car makers and leaving out Ferrari. So, if the ICC are going to have a laugh and post these ‘fantasy teams’, we are going to do the same. Gentlemen and ladies, I present the ‘Best Hair XI’ of all time.
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This past weekend saw the auction for IPL4. An over-hyped, chaotic, nonsensical, high profile and at times boring production – very much like the actual tournament.
You must buy AB de Villiers, he can sing a bit in Hindi!
Last year I aired my views on T20 cricket in no uncertain terms ( 20/20, the soon to be tired old stripper of the sporting world ). As a sports fanatic and lover of cricket however, I seem to forgive and forget quickly and was actually rather interested in the auction going into the weekend. Then I started watching it on TV and after hearing some nob end ask some equally queer looking guy if he likes ‘Mocha’ (Indian advert), I quickly got flashbacks to all the annoying adds and the general brand whore house that is the Indian Premier League.
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