Wrap - Post Christmas Edition

Lads, this is Richie Benaud like you have never heard him before (post underarm incident). A classic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvGHC7REkdM

1. The World Series Cricket Fastest Bowler Comp. Surely they were using a sun dial and protractor. Michael Hussey bowls quicker than Andy Roberts and Garth Le Roux! Now who would you like to face?

2. Can anyone explain why Nathan Lyon has not been rotated? He looks tired. I know we are all tiring of his lack of wickets. He is a number 8-11 dismissal expert. Under pressure.

3. Johnson. 200 Test wickets (now more than Jeff Thomson) and our next all rounder....is there someone who engenders less confidence? batting No.7. We are kidding.

4. Are we getting prematurely excited about Jackson Bird? Are Sri Lankan wickets worth that much? On animals:

Cricketing Animals.

1. Michael Slater
2. Graeme Fowler
3. Aaron Finch
4. Martin Crowe (Jeff not considered up to it)
5. Allan Lamb
6. Marlin Samuels
7. Dave Colley
8. Don Tallon
9. Graham Swann
10. Pigeon McGrath
11. Rodney Hogg

Rotation:
Jackson Bird
Kemar Roach
Umar Gul
Nathan Lyon (rotated with Jeff Crowe)

5. Leytton Hewitt. How much longer do we need to put up with "former World No. 1" talk? It happened in 1990. He bags Stosur for losing first round, then loses himself!!

6. How much work does Pat Howard put into high performance of running between the wickets? Watson is terrible, Cowan weak and Hughes abominable. Let's put Khawaja in the team too!

7. World darts is the only championship where spectators don't watch the action. It is tiny and gets in the way of drinking. Phil 'the Power' Taylor is more popular than a cafe where your average cyclist consumes more coffee than kilometres.

8. Sydney Thunder. This crew are playing on the worst deck in world cricket - at Stadium Australia. It is a terrible paced pitch. Gayle has played his last summer on our payroll. Chris Rogers is TERRIBLE. How did he play a Test? Dirk Nannes brilliant. The Thunder have been an incompetent lot all year and will need major surgery in 2013 or they will need to fold the franchise.